By Hisken on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 08:09 pm: Edit

I have a noise that sounds like clunking from the front end of my 95 disco that seems to slow down with the truck and stop when I hit my brakes. It sometimes doesnt make the noise but it has for the past two weeks. Any help?

By Kristian on Friday, October 26, 2001 - 09:11 pm: Edit

Clunking from the front end when slowing down or accelerating from a stop could be the radius arm bolts and/or bushings. Check the bolt torques first; if that doesn't work, consider the bushings.

The stock rubber bushings on my '95 lasted about 80K miles.

By Sean Hanagan on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 11:58 am: Edit

Sorry to chime in but I have a similar problem. The noise is associated with braking and this morning caused the ABS to activate even thoug there was no wheel slipage. Please help!

By Rob Land on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 12:52 pm: Edit

Hisken,
I have had the same thing going on for about a week. I finally got it into my local shop (not dealer) and they diagnosed it as destroyed bushings on the track rod. This is the bar that runs directly in front of the axle. Reach down and see if you can move it by hand and if it is the same noise. Trust me, it will be amplified inside the cab and sound like the fron end is falling off. Hope this helps. If it is the problem you have, post back here and I will let you know if and when I find replacement bushings.
Rob

By Kristian on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 03:52 pm: Edit

In front of the axel? Panhard rod?

By Hisken on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 - 08:29 am: Edit

Its not the front bar in front of the axel. Is it my CV joint? I will have to check on this. The strange thing is it doesn't happen all the time.

By Matthew Traylor on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 - 05:55 pm: Edit

I have to agree with Kristian. I had a clunking noise when slowing/stopping, and sometimes when turning. Also, when it got wet (rain, snow) it would stop making noise for a short while. Mine turned out to be the radius arm bolts. Go under the front end and tighten the sh*t out of all four radius arm bolts. They're located along the radius arms in front and in back of the front axle.
The CV joint is going to give you constant noise when cornering, and clunks when slowing. Probably isn't that.

Matt