A maddening knocking

Halford wrote:

helijohn wrote: guess what.............................................made no difference; the knock persists so what next? Does it rule out the door/hinges???

not really :whistle:

suppose step 1. take off spare wheel ................ test for knocking

if still knocking

step 2. take off rear door ............. test for knocking

if still knocking

step 3. get someone else to drive, in case it's you that's knocking :silly:

Had the spare off.

Like to have the door off but I doubt I could hear the noise over the wind roar. :laugh: :laugh:

It has to be a suspension problem like the shox but it just don't sound like it. :whistle:

Halford wrote: take off rear door ............. test for knocking:

Drove around with the door open like you would if carrying a 4' piece of two by two timber sticking out the back. The seat cover reckoned the knocking was gone.

Sooooo, I took off the door hinges - loved that as there was rust behind which I felt obliged to attend to - but could not detect any evidence of wear or play and refitted the lower hinge slightly higher by a few mm. Will know in the morning if it has made any difference.

I had exactly the same problem. When my old Jim was written off I bought a replacement with a rattly rear door that was driving me insane.

The solution was quite simple. Rather than take the door off I slackened the bolts off slightly (having unscrewed the d/s rear light assembly) then with the door open slightly, pushed it up as hard as I could (would have been easier with an assisstant) and re-tightened the bolts really tight.

Haven't had any noise from it at all since.

I think my problem was made worse by putting a heavy General Grabber spare on the door. The additional weight, especially when off roading, probably moved the door down enough to cause the problem.

Casey wrote: Rather than take the door off I slackened the bolts off slightly (having unscrewed the d/s rear light assembly) then with the door open slightly, pushed it up as hard as I could (would have been easier with an assistant) and re-tightened the bolts really tight.

I think I have tried that - done so much I get a bit lost. I have had the hinges right off too but it is still there. I thought the spare wheel was causing it or had brought it on too.

How did you push it up exactly?

I slackened off all 6 bolts but only slightly then with the door open lifted it as much as I could with one hand and tightened the top 3 as much as I could.

There's quite a bit of movement on the bottom hinge so I took it to the almost closed position and lifted it at the opposite side to the hinge so that the bottom hinge moved as far to the left as I could get it then tightened up the bottom 3 as hard as I could.

The desired effect is to get the handle side as high as possible.

Hope that helps but let me know if I haven't explained it very well.

It would have been easier with my teenage assistant, but mine was still in bed having had a hard night playing computer games.

Casey wrote: I slackened off all 6 bolts but only slightly then with the door open lifted it as much as I could with one hand and tightened the top 3 as much as I could.

There's quite a bit of movement on the bottom hinge so I took it to the almost closed position and lifted it at the opposite side to the hinge so that the bottom hinge moved as far to the left as I could get it then tightened up the bottom 3 as hard as I could.

The desired effect is to get the handle side as high as possible.

Hope that helps but let me know if I haven't explained it very well.

It would have been easier with my teenage assistant, but mine was still in bed having had a hard night playing computer games.

Got it thanks, perfectly clear. I had the workmate under mine with the door about 25% open, sat on the back to push the car downwards.
I am off to download Gears of War soon.

I think it is a shocker but they are too costly to replace as an experiment.