Droning sound when in 5th gear, HELP PLEASE

django · Nov 17, 2015

Hi when driving my 110 i get to speed at pop it into 5th gear and i get a weird droning sound, its a slow sound which you can kind of feel vibrating through the truck and its not constant, It comes and goes every second or so. Any ideas or suggestions would be great thanks

bankz5152 · Nov 17, 2015

What would be helpful is what Defender it is. 2.5n/a, 200tdi, 300tdi, TD5, Puma, V8......

FlyingPete · Nov 17, 2015

Open the passenger door, turn right sharply. Repeat until droning/whining stops

django · Nov 17, 2015

ah yes its a 1989 110, 200 tdi

Tim4x4 · Nov 17, 2015

django said:
Hi when driving my 110 i get to speed at pop it into 5th gear and i get a weird droning sound, its a slow sound which you can kind of feel vibrating through the truck and its not constant, It comes and goes every second or so. Any ideas or suggestions would be great thanks

The sound only happens when in 5th gear??

danny6801 · Nov 17, 2015

Could be transfer box whining. when was the last time you changed the oil on the transfer box and gearbox.

django · Nov 17, 2015

Tim4x4 said:
The sound only happens when in 5th gear??

yes only when in 5th

django · Nov 17, 2015

danny6801 said:
Could be transfer box whining. when was the last time you changed the oil on the transfer box and gearbox.

all oil just been changed, sure is a strange noice

Tim4x4 · Nov 17, 2015

django said:
yes only when in 5th

Have you tried dipping the clutch when the noise is in full song.
Dipping the clutch will keep the drive train the same but remove the torque put on it by the engine.
See if that makes any difference to the noise.

django · Nov 17, 2015

Tim4x4 said:
Have you tried dipping the clutch when the noise is in full song.
Dipping the clutch will keep the drive train the same but remove the torque put on it by the engine.
See if that makes any difference to the noise.

Ok i will try that when i go to the shops in a bit thanks

lightning · Nov 17, 2015

Out of balance propshaft or play in one of the U/J's?

Tim4x4 · Nov 17, 2015

lightning said:
Out of balance propshaft or play in one of the U/J's?

Yes it could be but this 5th gear thing is confusing things. Possibly a speed related thing and 5th gear he is going faster.

Yoyodyne · Nov 17, 2015

Tyres! Only apparent in 5th so you are doing a bit of MPH. What tyres have you got on it?
The more aggressive the tread the worse it will be.

jamesmartin · Nov 17, 2015

if you can drive as fast in 4th and its quiet then a worn 5th gear id think

danny6801 · Nov 17, 2015

jamesmartin said:
if you can drive as fast in 4th and its quiet then a worn 5th gear id think

What he said.

django · Nov 17, 2015

Yoyodyne said:
Tyres! Only apparent in 5th so you are doing a bit of MPH. What tyres have you got on it?
The more aggressive the tread the worse it will be.

I have got a set of bog standard set of defender wheels on at the moment, I have got some massive 285 discovery wheels i could put on and see if theres any difference.

django · Nov 17, 2015

lightning said:
Out of balance propshaft or play in one of the U/J's?

just put new u/j's on and the prop-shafts looked ok when i put them back on.

django · Nov 17, 2015

will investigate further 2morrow thanks for advice

django · Nov 18, 2015

Its not the wheels, swapped them, droning sound stops when I dip the clutch. Could it be the transfer box?

Tim4x4 · Nov 20, 2015

django said:
Its not the wheels, swapped them, droning sound stops when I dip the clutch. Could it be the transfer box?

Transfer box is working the same in all gears (although the torque rises).
If dipping the clutch stops it go back to reply 14.

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