Font size: +
1 minute reading time (116 words)

26/6/08 - A loud clonk!

My Jimny has gained a significant clonk when letting up the clutch, there is also a lot of drive chain "shunt" and rubber "squeaking" whenever the back axle is exercised in any way.

I have crawled underneath and pushed and pulled things.

With the handbrake on (so the wheels are locked and will not rotate) and pushing the vehicle forwards and backwards I get the same squeaking and can see movement in the trailing arm bushes and the axle/diff attempts to rotate downwards, creating a vertical movement on the prop.

This video shows the trailing arm bush.

http://www.bigjimny.com/images/phocagallery/videos/trailingarm.mov

These videos show the prop/diff moving up and down.

http://www.bigjimny.com/images/phocagallery/videos/diffmove1.mov
http://www.bigjimny.com/images/phocagallery/videos/diffmove2.mov


So it looks like I need to cancel next weeks MOT and off-roading tripCry
28/06/08 - The Trailing Arms (not the name of a pu...
23/06/08 - What tyre size
 
We use cookies to give you the best online experience. Please let us know if you agree to all of these cookies. Accepting the Cookies also accepts the Disclaimers for the website.