Hi all,
My car has developed a clunking noise seems to originate in the left
rear.
It sounds like a sloppy U-Joint, but I’ve jacked rear with no apparent
slop or looseness in the axle or Diff.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance again,
Tim Higgins
91 Vanden Plas
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At 22:49 2004-05-29 -0700, Tim wrote:
My car has developed a clunking noise seems to originate in the left
rear.
It sounds like a sloppy U-Joint, but I’ve jacked rear with no apparent
slop or looseness in the axle or Diff.
Any suggestions?
I presume you get the noise when you go over bumps (even slight ones) in
the road? Does it by chance go away if you even only lightly depress the
brake pedal (though not enough to even begin to perceptibly slow the vehicle) ?
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In reply to a message from sean.straw%2BJaguar@mail.professional.org sent Sun 30 May 2004:
I would check the shock bushing. You would have to pull the spring
out most likely to check it, but my car had the same problem, and I
found that the bushing was completely deteriorated. If yours is as
bad as mine was, just pulling the spring/shock assembly out would
tell you. Otherwise, you’d have to remove the spring from the
strut, and look at the top cover of the strut where the bushing
is. BE CAREFUL, the spring is under a lot of tension, and just
removing the nut on top without compressing the spring could be
hazardous to your health!–
Chris Brooks
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In reply to a message from Tim sent Sun 30 May 2004:
Hello,
I too have a clunking noise coming from the rear in my 1994 XJ6. I
don’t believe it is the universal joints, since the noise is
limited to when I go over small bumps. I am tending to believe the
noise may be caused by worn busings on top of the strut assemblt.
Anybody else have any ideas?–
The original message included these comments:
My car has developed a clunking noise seems to originate in the left
–
Larry Cissell
7427 Jamaica Dr, Louisville KY, United States
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In reply to a message from Larry Cissell sent Sun 30 May 2004:
I have exactly the same problem, and have had since I got the car
two years ago. It has never stopped the car, (I have done 15000 mls
on it) and it doesn’t appear to have got any worse. I suspect one
of the bushes in an area labelled ‘‘rear axle removal’’, sub-filed
under ‘‘expensive’’.
Which is why I have never had it fixed.
And I daren’t try and fix it myself, as I dread taking the rear
spring off. Or rather, getting it back on again!
It’s annoying, yes, but it doesn’t appear to have affected the
roadworthiness of the vehicle - or so two different MOT testers
have told me.
Best of luck,
Mark
'94 3.2 Auto
114000 mls and counting…
(Why is it always the left, though?!?)–
bonehead
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In reply to a message from bonehead sent Sun 30 May 2004:
Mike, removing the rear spring/shock assembly and putting it back
in isn’t really all that hard, if your shock has not broken totally
apart yet. I had my left (and no, I don’t know why it’s always the
left) rear shock break two times before I figured out it didn’t
have the right bushings, namely the guide bushings. If the shock
has come apart it’s a little harder because the spring will then
occupy more area (because it’s come apart) and it’s then a tighter
fit. If the shock has broken I think it is more dangerous taking
the assembly out of the car because the shock can move freely and
could have stored energy–be careful not to lose any fingers.
That’s not a joke.
How to remove the assembly–
Jack the rear of the car up on stands, blocking the wheels, etc.
for safety. After removing the rear wheels, find the bottom of the
shock and remove this bolt. You’ll need a 24mm wrench and I think
something like a 26mm or 27mm (or like me use a crescent). As the
bolt comes loose from the bottom of the shock the wheel assembly
will drop just a little as it was being held up by the shock. Now
look at the top mount, above the spring. it attaches to the sheet
metal of the car with 4 small screws (13mm? something like that).
Unscrew these screws and the shock/spring assembly will be loose.
You’ll have to jockey it around to persuade it to come out through
the wheelwell, but it will, barely.
A spring compressor for McPherson struts works, at least the model
I bought does.
Putting the assembly back in is a little more tricky. I’ve done
this SEVERAL times and found that the easiest way to do it is to
attach the bottom of the shock first, then go for the small screws
at the top. Notice that the mount doesn’t fit flush to the sheet
metal, the outside has quite a gap? Remember how the wheel hub
dropped a little before? That’s why. So either lift the wheel
assembly with your leg until you can get some screws in, or use a
small jack to lift everything up.
Cranking on the spring compressor requires some efforts, but all of
the rest of this is relatively easy.–
-Gordon (2- '90 XJ40’s --1 a Solent Blue, 1 Savoy Gray Sov
Vacaville, United States
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