clatter grinding noise

[RodLeach]

I remember once, watching an episode of the garage that a guy in a Dodge Dakota had been out playin in gravel... picked up a mysterious noise.. turned out to be lumps of gravel just trapped in general places ...


Just a total long shot.. but hey! its a cheap option!

[TonyN]

You could have got cack inside the stub axle bushes (bronze bushes) Take the drive plates off the hubs to stop the front shafts going round and take it for a drive. If the noise stops you'll know its front drive shaft related, if its still there its got to be bearings or gravel in the pads or wedged behind the brake disc cover plate.

[JUDWAK]

well best thing i can do is look in the morning i carnt see nothing just yet its a bit bad out there to my fingers are numb now
i can put it on the ramps in the morning
or over the pit (needs a greaseing any how)
thanks for the info guys i know what to look for now
think i may have some stuff stuck some were (i hope) i have been a bit deep mud today
industreal site mud tho its a bit ruff stuff bits of brick rocks steel soild clay
all sorts down there but the coal hills are soft and with all this rain
its flooded now too

[JUDWAK]

i had the hub off nothing wrong there the brass thing was fine
the cv joint was a little dry so all that was re greased (with cv grease) now the grinding noise has (or is) dieing off slowly but surely
but iam still left with the clatter and its on the bumps the slightest bump the clattering starts any ideas?? anyone
noth that jumps out at a very good look all rubbers seem ok stop cocks all grease up
that clattering is mad or i need to replace some thing

[stormforce]

Have you checked the front anti roll bar by any chance

[JUDWAK]

Have you checked the front anti roll bar by any chance

has a matter of fact .....


no i must be mad i bet it is that too
that clatters just like what iam hearing

[Apache]

Bronze bushes, as has been said. Mine clatter, and have done for years! Will get around to changing them one day, when its not wet, or cold, or I dont have beer to drink.

[JUDWAK]

Bronze bushes, as has been said. Mine clatter, and have done for years! Will get around to changing them one day, when its not wet, or cold, or I dont have beer to drink.

well its looking that way i grease up the cv and ran it in
it is still there that clatter
how is it changed i will do it myself while iam still in good heath to do so
(iam getting ill again i think )
but i will do this job before its grabs me (i hope)
is it a big job (i got access to a pitt and ramps) how hard can it be

[dirtydog]

did you ever sort this it sounds just like mine??! whacked a new bearing in tonight and its still playing up...
im wondering if the bronze bush is to blame as over speed humps etc it sometimes grinds too and feels a bit "wooden" (they have always clattered by the way)

so I guess im down to bronze bushes or CV?

[logey79]

maybe you ran over a midget who was angle grinding a hammer and now he's stuck up in your engine bay or wheel arch (you'll have to check which coz i can't tell from here) which would explain the grinding and clattering noises.

easily fixed...just wait a few days and he'll die.

then you'll be on here asking what could cause a smell that bad. which beside the dead midget could be a dead cat - or spilt milk - neither of which leave a nice smell in your truck.

[logey79]

oh, just realised how long ago this was. midget is probably already dead by now.

does the truck smell?

[dirtydog]

oh, just realised how long ago this was. midget is probably already dead by now.

does the truck smell?

lol - no smells so I guess he dropped out a while back. thanks for the bump

[JUDWAK]

did you ever sort this it sounds just like mine??! whacked a new bearing in tonight and its still playing up...
im wondering if the bronze bush is to blame as over speed humps etc it sometimes grinds too and feels a bit "wooden" (they have always clattered by the way)

so I guess im down to bronze bushes or CV?

i did sort it out break down was spot on
i took the hub off removed the drive shaft fron the transmission regreased the cv joints regreased the hub and drive shaft all works fine no need for any thing new just 30 quid on the best grease in town

[yoshie]

i got a clatter grinding noise when iam driveing my surf
its coming from the front pasanger side wheel some were
no dowt i broke some thing
i been out in the mud to day and a few flooded roads all was fine untill i parked up it was standing for a few hours
i just been out and it sounds ruff the noise comeing from the wheel is quite noisey
its like a clattering cross with a grinding (i just had a lot replaced all bearings on so on) so any ideas on what it could be???

i did sort it out break down was spot on
i took the hub off removed the drive shaft fron the transmission regreased the cv joints regreased the hub and drive shaft all works fine no need for any thing new just 30 quid on the best grease in town

You had a clatter and grinding that sound like something was broke!
You fixed it with grease?
You removed wheel bearings regreased the hub and re fitted old bearings?
Are you related to Mountain Bike Billy?

[Woodzie]

my bronze bushes sounded like a hammerdrill when they went