hey guys sorry for the false alarm finally just nailed it. turned out to be the rear brake rotor guards viabrating against the caliper at the certain rpm. ended up tracing it by hitting the chassy with a hammer and tracing the vibrations hope this saves someone some time and grey hairs in the future ...

Hey guys heres a tough one, the shortie has got a rattle that starts at 50kmph-1600rpm in 4th gear and stops as soon as it gets over 1800rpm 55-60kmph it also sometimes does it in 5th at 100kmph, it dissapears instant you take your foot off the gas to and only appears to happen under light load ...

hey buddy how much for the rear diff and do you have a frount sway bar?

yea ill be there with two trucks

hey guys me and my mate will come up aswell we should be there at about midday so keep an eye out.

yea bro me and my mate are keen havent been up before but should be abit of fun finding the way around

hey guys got one on the way from bnt thanx for your help

does anybody know where i can source a 53mm hub socket for a nissan patrol? without spending a fortune for a genuine nissan part?

cheers

to much oil very bad..... better to be closer to half full than overfull, to much oil equals blown seals, excessive blowby and the likes, the reason that the oil goes black quickly is due to diesel fuel having a high carbon component one of the reasons for oil other than lubrication is to clean and ...

gordo wrote:Take the rear drive shaft off run it in 4wd see if it still makes it

good call there gordo will do tomorrow and see how it goes cheers guys

haha nah its usualy hard to hear a toyota driver from the towed vechile behind you ........ but jokes aside i think dropping the diff might be the next step. does anybody know any more quick tests to check to narrow things down?

cheers for your help guys

hey guys first time poster, a lot of great stuff on here tho, my Y60 has a whine which starts at over 50kph and in 3rd and continues to get more high pitch as you go through the gears, it stops upon deacceleration and coasting and doesnt appear to happen in 1st and 2nd, i also cant nail it down to ...