Tailshaft Clunk

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Well I'm really hearing a clunk now, I think a mechanic has left something on top of one of the bash plates during my last service on Friday. It sounds like a can rolling along and then going "clunk" against something solid, happens when pulling to a stop or braking a bit hard. I can't find anything loose inside the cabin, has to be underneath. I hope they aren't trying to have a laugh at my expense!

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

May be a socket, screw driver or some thing rolling back and forth although I doubt you would feel a clunk unless it was some thing pretty big lol....Gotta love them touching your car.........Cheers Steve

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Well it sounds just like the cans rolling out of the Coke machine at work, they make a pretty loud thud when they hit the chute. I'll try and have a look in the morning when I have some daylight. Hubby had noticed it too but didn't say anything, else I would have investigated sooner.

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Fido take it back.

[gtst25 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close gtst25]

Can anyone tell us if the replacement tail shafts have a different spline design?

Any pictures etc?

Our Prado has done 7000 kays and I am increasingly noticing that there is a clunk happening once you get moving the first few metres after stopping.

If there is a new spline design it's very poor that they are not fitting the new tailshaft to new cars - ours is a december 2012 model, and after 7000 kays it clunks more than my 14 year old nissan patrol.

Cheers

[Riv39 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Riv39]

The new shaft has a special coating on it to make it more slippery (from what I have been told) and the coating costs a bucket that's why they don't factory fit them (so I'm also told).

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Fido take it back.

I would have but I needed to be somewhere else today. I drove it for about 15 mins this morning and didn't hear it. Now I did move the can of touch up paint in the glovebox but there is no way that was it, it was coming from the back of the car/2nd-row area. Hubby has taken the car now to get to the hospital for medical tests, I have asked him to keep an ear out.

[dannyboy1 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dannyboy1]

For the first proablly 0-9000 kms i was having a tail shaft shudder every now and then. First time it happened i actually through the car behind had hit me..thats how noticeable it was.

I had the 10,000 km service and mentioned it, however since that it has not occured once (fingers crossed).

If it does its going straight back.

Pretty annoying considering how much they are to purchase.

[diesel69em Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69em]

Within two weeks of my last service, at which time my tail shaft was greased, it started clunking again and quickly got worse than it had been before.
Spoke to Service Manager last week and he is ordering a replacement.
Hopefully it arrives soon and fixes the problem

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

I think I found the source of my mystery clunk I mentioned a few posts back. It might sound weird but my street directory was sliding around under the passenger seat and hitting the DVD unit for my nav system. I tried a few test slides with the book and was able to reproduce the noise. It's a bit embarrassing, it really did make a loud metallic clunk when it slid forward and hit the DVD reader and it sounded like it was coming from underneath the car when I was driving.

Now to see if the actual tailshaft clunk comes back, that's not such an easy fix!

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

LOL some thing so simple, bit like trying to find the headrest for the first time in my 90 series lol.........At least it was some thing simple and not mechanical.........Cheers Steve

[jayden82 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jayden82]

I think I found the source of my mystery clunk I mentioned a few posts back. It might sound weird but my street directory was sliding around under the passenger seat and hitting the DVD unit for my nav system. I tried a few test slides with the book and was able to reproduce the noise. It's a bit embarrassing, it really did make a loud metallic clunk when it slid forward and hit the DVD reader and it sounded like it was coming from underneath the car when I was driving.

Now to see if the actual tailshaft clunk comes back, that's not such an easy fix!

Street directory hitting the nav system - how ironic

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Street directory hitting the nav system - how ironic

I never rely on the GPS, it get's you lost too often. I always do a reccie on a paper map when venturing to unfamiliar territory.

[diesel69em Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69em]

Street directory hitting the nav system - how ironic

Just trying to bash some more info into the Gps lol

[jayden82 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jayden82]

I'm booked in for its first big service tomorrow - 10k. I've had the dreaded clunk since approx 7k.
I have some light reading ahead of me in this thread to refresh my game plan.
Will let you know how it goes...