Morning,
The front prop, more specifically the UJ’s, were pinged mostly on the process of elimination. At one point I had the middle seat out and I was certain the clunk/shudder came from directly below, ie the front prop, as by then we had already eliminated the handbrake, tyres, suspension and brakes and anything that may have worked loose. Anyway the prop and UJ’s were replaced as that was the pragmatic gamble but the old UJ’s do not appear to be loose, I have arthritis so it wasn’t the strongest test, and the shaft looks fine so where to go next. I did a complete E90 oil change whilst I was getting wet and muddy and no scary bits of metal came out and I have driven around some local lanes in 4WD and high and low and all seemed fine………… until Tuesday when the clunking/shuddering occurred again, this time 100 yards up the road. I went down the gears, slowed up and it faded. I couldn’t find that ‘spot’ again but I think we can move on from shuddering. It’s more like slowing right down in fourth and then pulling away again without going down a gear or two. The weather has been against me since but tomorrow afternoon I hope to be allowed out and we are off for a spin. It’s all a bit nerve racking getting out of Exeter as it’s so stop, stop, start these days but if we get into the sticks and she is purring she is still a joy………. even at 1.76 a litre