Nissan Mistral making loud clunking noises while in 4wd

[sibainmud]

Hey there,
Welcome.
Front hubs, cv's, diff or front drive shaft.
Sounds like the front diff to me, i should know

Cheers,

[SP450andLE]

What sort of clunking noises? Do they happen all the time when in 4wd? Or mostly when turning?

Knowing all the symptoms help immensely

[sibainmud]

3 front diffs in 4 months makes me a bit of an expert in this field
Jack both front wheels off the ground and put on axle stands for safety. With the transfer box in 2wd turn the drive shaft between the transfer box and front diff by hand (or get someone else to it). Look and listen to both cv shafts. If just one cv shaft turns and you cant feel or hear the clunk within 5 turns of drive shaft, then hold that cv still while continuing to turn input drive shaft another 5 times. You should be able to hear the clunk. You will soon know if there is teeth missing off the crown gear. By turning each shaft one at a time you will be able to track it down, even if it is an auto locking hub giving you grief.

Best of luck.

P.S, last diff i got from a wrecker cost $220, however I just picked one up off trademe for a few dollars

Cheers,

[KIWI_TERRANO]

My old lady use to have a mistrall and it did same thing in 4wd, take the hubs off and greese them up or replace with manual hubs will solve it. Most nissan terrano/mistrals have auto hubs and are know for doing this

[The Stranger]

Whilst we are on the topic, my Terrano seems to work fine in 4WD, but when I put it back into 2WD, reverse up a bit then go forward I tend to get a loud clunking noise from the front end. Any ideas here please?

[playingInTheDitch]

Whilst we are on the topic, my Terrano seems to work fine in 4WD, but when I put it back into 2WD, reverse up a bit then go forward I tend to get a loud clunking noise from the front end. Any ideas here please?

possibly the hubs releasing. mine do that sometimes (usually at the worst time)