Clonking Axle.

HI. CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH A PROBLEM IV`E GOT WITH MY RANGEROVER CLASSICS AXLE.WHEN IM GOING OVER BUMPS,ITS MAKING A SORT OF CLONKING NOISE.WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY,I CAN MAKE IT DO THE SAME NOISE BUT I HAVE TO GRAB THE REAR WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS AN SHAKE IT!!! ITS BEEN MENSIONED IT COULD BE HALFSHAFTS BUT I DONT KNOW.ITS THE REAR AXLE BY THE WAY.ANY HELP GRATEFULLY RECEIVED.

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING!!!?

if yu can still read this - have you checked your wheel bearings?

It has had new ones last year,but the noise seems to come from inside the axle.To get it to the noise i grab with both hands and really shake it.

sounds like half shaft or planetary wheels in ya diff.

Or it cud be the rust rats being jiggled about.

Thanks for replying.Are halfshafts hard to do on your own? Ill have a go at most things,but im not a mechanic.[asumming it is that.]

hi , if i was you i would be looking at the shock absorbers , or maybe the "a" frame bushes or ball joint also check the bushes in the axle tie rods as well , i dont think you will find its halfshaft related mate

if you can 'shake' a rangerover wheel your either increadably strong or thers something very broken about your axle.
do you mean rotate it back and forth?

to check wheel bearings , jaCK the wheel off the ground , hold the wheel at the top and bottom , push the top towords the car and pull the bottom away from the car , then push the bottom and pull the top.
hold it from the sides and try again. you shouldnt feel any play.

to check your driving gear , jack up wheel and try to rotate it back and forth with the hand brake on. if you find play here , which you probably will your half way there. check the prop for play , check the driving members (under the little hub caps) for play and check the diff flange for play. if any of these are worn (or all of them which is usually the case) you will feel it hesitate to pick up when driving away from stand still or changing gear mostly followed by a clonk when it all connects.

dunno how to check the ball thingy , kick the back axle from the rear perhaps?
also check all the bushings as well.

Thanks ill try that next. Thanks for repliying!

Checked today and bushes seem worn out!