Hello, I am a 1996 toyota Land cruiser without lockers with a recently rebuilt front axle (not by me, but by "Urban Landcruisers" here in ATL). She's got 168,000 miles on her and still runs like a scared kitten.
Twice now in the span of two weeks I have heard what sounds like a sledgehammer hitting metal (two strikes repeated quickly in succession) when shifting from forward to reverse in a parking lot. Both cases were with the steering wheel straight and presumably no load on the driveline.
The case is thus: Driving down lane...spot parking space...brake to a stop and shift into reverse (clang...clang) and reverse.
It has only done this twice though without much else to go on and it is driven often enough that if it was easily repeatable i'd expect it would have happened again.
When the clang happens it reminds me of poping the clutch on my Toyota Tacoma 4x4 2.7l without giving it enough gas. So it it sound and vibration, which is more violent than the normal "SHIFT, THUD, DRIVE" that I am used to. It is a very audible sound, which today when it happened had me thinging that it was the front left hub that caused it.
So anyway, I am open to suggestions on possible causes, and to being called a hypocondriac (spelling).
Thanks guys.
Twice now in the span of two weeks I have heard what sounds like a sledgehammer hitting metal (two strikes repeated quickly in succession) when shifting from forward to reverse in a parking lot. Both cases were with the steering wheel straight and presumably no load on the driveline.
The case is thus: Driving down lane...spot parking space...brake to a stop and shift into reverse (clang...clang) and reverse.
It has only done this twice though without much else to go on and it is driven often enough that if it was easily repeatable i'd expect it would have happened again.
When the clang happens it reminds me of poping the clutch on my Toyota Tacoma 4x4 2.7l without giving it enough gas. So it it sound and vibration, which is more violent than the normal "SHIFT, THUD, DRIVE" that I am used to. It is a very audible sound, which today when it happened had me thinging that it was the front left hub that caused it.
So anyway, I am open to suggestions on possible causes, and to being called a hypocondriac (spelling).
Thanks guys.