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Dobby

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: East Seaxe
Posts: 187

Rear wheel/axle drumming noise?

Hi all,

So I’ve given myself a new noise to worry about. After changing the brake pads last weekend, I swapped the front and rear wheels over too, same sides though, front to rear only. And I gave rear prop uj’s a good squirt with the grease gun.

But now I’ve got a loud rhythmic drumming noise when I get over about 60mph. Definitely from the rear axle area. I can’t for the life of me work out what it is. The uj’s don’t appear worn and the tyres have equal tread on both sides.

I’d be very grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction. This is on a 2012 110 SW btw.

Cheers in advance,
Dobbs

20th Jan 2019 9:09pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
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First call would be to swap the wheels back and see if it stops.

Tyre wear can cause funny noises

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20th Jan 2019 9:51pm

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I had what I thought was a rear diff rumble (tyres had 25k on them and had not been swapped about) , swapped the tyres about and the noise all but disappeared!! DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

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21st Jan 2019 6:31am

Dobby

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: East Seaxe
Posts: 187

grafty99 wrote:
First call would be to swap the wheels back and see if it stops.

Tyre wear can cause funny noises

I thought I’d have to give that a go. Swapped tyres on other vehicles before and never had this, but definitely worth a try this weekend.

21st Jan 2019 9:45pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4794

22nd Jan 2019 12:25am

Dobby

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: East Seaxe
Posts: 187

grafty99 wrote:
First call would be to swap the wheels back and see if it stops.

Yep, that fixed it. Annoyingly. I thought I might be able to wear the tyres out evenly, but the fronts must be too far gone in comparison to the rears. Ah well.

Thanks all.

29th Jan 2019 5:31pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4794

The noise won't be detrimental to anything but your sanity. At least its an easy fix

29th Jan 2019 5:55pm

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