How to diagnose if clunking is rear diff?

flanagaj · Mar 23, 2013

The Wife's Freelander TD4 clunks when she changes gear. Having read a few articles on here it seems the rear diff is most likely the culprit.

What I want to understand is whether there is a test I can do so as to be sure that is the problem and it is not something else?

Thanks

austen · Mar 23, 2013

Lie under car, grab nose of diff and push it up and down, it should move a small amount, excessive movement and diff mount is ripped. If you look at the mount you can also usually see the tear

flanagaj · Mar 23, 2013

austen said:
Lie under car, grab nose of diff and push it up and down, it should move a small amount, excessive movement and diff mount is ripped. If you look at the mount you can also usually see the tear

Many thanks austen

BLASER · Mar 23, 2013

Hi m8 is it a big job to fix ripped diff mount

austen · Mar 23, 2013

No, just a bit of a Chinese puzzle sliding the new one back in, the old one popes out then you cant understand for the life of you how the new ones slides back in

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