Clunk In Driveline

[djextreme]

hey guys

im starting to get annoyed, I my car clunks into 6th gear everytime, was at ford on wednesday, wth the ZF guys lookin at it they reckon the auto is fine, possibly the diff they reckon, but I find this hard to believe as it only does it into 6th gear not any other gears, does it everytime too, has anyone got any ideas, pls help

[RSK]

You should be able to hear whether the clunk's comming from the front or back of the car. If it's the rear it might be the diff bush.

[dashturbo]

could still be the diff area.. maybe... because I assume you only go into 6th when your at very light throttle applications?

does it still do it when you manually select 6th? perhaps with the power on? is that even possible at the speed limit?

Sounds like the auto to me though.

[trevs]

my sh*t box (bf xr6t zf auto ) has about 125,000 on her for a good 70000km of thoses has bangs and clunk's coming from the rear end

its had two new diffs a couple of diff bushes and only fixes the problems for about 15000km or so unless its still under warranty I wouldnt even waste your time trying to fix it its pointless besides after a while you wont even care anymore

cheers trev

[axeman85]

I have the same issue with mine. first I took it to ford and they got zf to have alook at the box. they reacon they downloaded the lastest software into it and all is good. NOT. So I took it back today and they are going to replace the diff in a couple of weeks so hopefully the clunking goes away. If not its going straight back.

[djextreme]

yeah it does do it when you manually put it into 6th as well.

I guess its kinda a good thing someone else is having the same problem, what dealer are u taking it too axeman85????

mines been at knox

and the diff bush has been replaced under 10000k ago

[tig]

Had new diff, new tailshaft and still have clunk under light load. Noticable mostly in stop-start traffic when on and off throttle at low speeds. I just keep taking it back and maybe, just maybe one day ford will work out how to fix it.

[trevs]

ha ha

dont hold your breath

cheers trev

[djextreme]

Had new diff, new tailshaft and still have clunk under light load. Noticable mostly in stop-start traffic when on and off throttle at low speeds. I just keep taking it back and maybe, just maybe one day ford will work out how to fix it.

I also had this clink under load, only in stop start traffic, get them to check the engine mounts!!!!! mine was fixed by ford, apparently loose bolt in the middle of the engine mount, they couldnt see it until they pulled the mount out so yeah try that

[KeepLeft]

I have this problem also.. I'll be getting them to fix it at my next service. Thanks for all the ideas.