pics of my axle

[paul7278]

Right before I take the plunge and buy a second hand axle I have jacked the car up with no obvious problems and no play in either wheel. however I still have an annoying metallic click coming from the rear.

I seen my rh rear mount looked odd compared to the l/h.

l/h


r/h

[paul7278]

Is this normal

[Tom]

Second pic doesnt look so good. But then rear beams is one thing i have zero experience with, just looks a little to brown for my liking.

[miles]

Those mounts do look old so could well be clunking, so worth changing first, don;t forget the rear ones as well

Beam wise make sure the trailing arm in parallel to the beam tube, With the seal in good condition, this gives a idea on the beam condition.

[si_batt]

I guess you could argue that even if you buy a 2nd hand axle, you might want to replace the mounts anyway, so possibly worth trying new mounts on your current axle, then if this doesn't work, get a 2nd hand axle and move the new mounts across to it. How much are mounts these days? Can't remember from when I did mine.

[cully]

do the mounts first
the mount is held together with a pin in a hole when the rubber gets soft or delaminates the pin bumps around in the hole causing the knocking noise

[Jtrigga]

If your going to get new mounts don't get the cheap eBay ones I had one where the rubber snapped clean off after a few months.