Patrol front end
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 15:52
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rihearn
My '90 gq swb has recently started to make the occasional creaking thumping noise at the front end, sometimes you can even feel it through the floorpan.
It seems to occur when you start moving or when you are turning at junctions and is usually a single thump rather than repeated ones.
I've had a look with my untrained eye at the underside and all seems to be in good order and it's still driving fine with no noticable problems in either the
suspension or transmission. The steering seems ok as
well.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Reply By: Utemad - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 15:55
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 15:55
I'd be checking my engine mounts.
Jack up your engine and look for gaps in the mounts.
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Reply By: Utemad - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 15:56
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 15:56
I'd be checking my engine mounts.
Jack up your engine and look for gaps in the mounts.
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Reply By: TD6 - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 16:12
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 16:12
rihearn,
This sounds similar to an issue I had with a 89 GQ.
Mine was a thump which seemed to be worse when the undercarriage was wet. I would have put money on it that it was coming from the
suspension and consequently went about changing all this. It ended up being the body mounts. Over a period of time the rubber wears and the metal inserts come in contact with either the chassis or the body. The best way to test it is to give the vehicle a good hose down underneath and go for a run. If it's worse then I suggest you start there.
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Follow Up By: cwebb - Friday, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:29
Friday, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:29
This exact same thing happens with my 89 Skyline as
well, and more so when its wet. From inside sounds like a loud click-clunk, and will only do it once.
Its the same age as the GQ's so perhaps the body mounts are similiar in composition and is also wearing out?
Cheers
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Reply By: Eric from Cape York Connections - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 16:21
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 16:21
If you have done a fair bit of 4wd or the previous owner had it could be a crack in the floor pan.
You would feel this under the drivers left foot when the 4x4 is turning or twisting.
It sounds like a knock.
Dont panic its not as bad as it sounds.
All the best
Eric
www.capeyorkconnections.com.au
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 16:41
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 16:41
The bodymount rubbers will be flogged out. It will clunk while turning corners, and worse in the wet?
They are for a LWB around $370-400 a complete set.
Takes about 2 hours to do the whole truck.
They also crack as said by eric, where floor pan and firewall meet under the pedals..
Other thing check other bushes in front end, eg control arms, panhard, etc.
YMMV.
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Follow Up By: rihearn - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 18:32
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 18:32
Thanks for all the input guys. Have to admit I noticed it when I was down in the snow the first time. I'll have to investigate a bit further.
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Reply By: crayman - Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 20:48
Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 20:48
I think you will find it is the body mounts, have found similar problem on three seperate gq`s (body inclined to slip around on mounts was initonaly hard to find noise sourse easy to fix though)
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