'Clunk' in Troopy Front End.

This clunk is reported often by lots of Troopy owners.

It can also be the rear leaf springs (Slippage??) making the clunk and is quite often mistaken as coming from the front.
The Yahoo Troopy Owners Group has had this come up as a regular topic.

Signman

Do yourself a favour and try this very inexpensive experiment.

(1) Purchase a spray pack of LANOTEC

(2) Thoroughly spray/'hose' the spring packs out, both back and front.

(3) wait awhile ( Over/nite if you can).

(4) Then take it for a drive.

(5) Report the feedback to the Forum.

Just stick finger in ear and ignore it , Mine has been doing it for 6 years that I've owned it

Signman
Steering Damper ....well yes if the rubber bushes are old, worn and flattened but the main cause is that mentioned by you ....:the upper rod rotates forward & aft making contact with the lower arm at the L/H/S making the Clunking noise. /
I have spent hours and hours doing a CD version of the two work manuals for the Landcruiser,Gregory's and the Haynes all on 1 CD and it works like a webpage complete with active Indexes It takes up 197 MB (207,032,320 bytes) has 3226 files in 57 folders , If I had enough room in a website I would have it on the internet but I only have access to 20mb , Then I guess someone would be on about copyright

It will be your front leaves moving around, you'll find the straps that hold the pack together have opened up over the years, clamp them back in and weld a small strap across the gap in the strap to hold it. guaranteed!!

Hi you may find it is worse after driving in the rain.
As for the noise, How do you hear it over the rattles and squeeks? LOL
If there are no rattles and squeeks, get a louder stereo with a big sub woofer then you can go doof doof doof clunk doof doof.... and you probably wont notice.
If you think the steering is loud just wait for the firewall body mounts to start knocking.
Regards
TB

Hi Signman ................

All the above !!

Have just had the same problem on my '92 Model 75 Troopy.

Alledgedly worn bushes, loose and rusted springs [mainly rear, from yonks of dinghy salt water launches and retrieves,] age shall not weary them etc.[much!] and general wear and tear. Originally sounded like coming from the front also.

Have now replaced all springs with OME's, plus all new shackles/bushes and now greasable shackle pins! Together with all U-bolts and the unbelievably expensive genuine TOY spring/U-bolt plates @ near $100 each!
My nuts were nearly eaten away by corrosion and stone damage, worn down to almost circlip status ........... [rather, the Troopy's nuts, I mean!]

Almost $2.5K .............. and the clunks are even worse.....!!!

Further investigation discovered that the NEW replacement springs had been dropped/thrown from a truck [before they got to my mechanic] and had suffered severe mis-alignment ........... iffen I remember correctly, the mechanic said 'the steel sleeves that grip the shackle bushes had been badly distorted and allowed the springs to shift on the pins. Does that sound right ?
The careless trucky chappy is now 'between engagements' ...........and a new set is being shipped up, under warranty, of course.
All this was after the mechanic had the vehicle up on his hydraulic lift to take the load off the springs whilst he liberally greased between every leaf, even though they had the nylon/teflon inserts.

Couldn't believe my ears when I heard the clunks and groans back again.

And you wouldn't believe how much gold I have to find to pay for all this.......
See thread 43205 re COEN : ..... that's the area where I have to go to get it !!
Will be at least 3 - 4 months before any real prospecting is accessible.
BUMMER all round .........