Hear noise after I put into drive or reverse position?

[Alston]

Hello,
I had a land rover and I am facing a problem, when I put into drive or reverse positions I heard noise/ thump? Can you please help me to sort out this problem?
Thanks

[tallsam66]

Maybe a stuffed drive shaft universal.

[Ralfie]

Hello,
I had a land rover and I am facing a problem, when I put into drive or reverse positions I heard noise/ thump? Can you please help me to sort out this problem?
Thanks

Could be a number of things, depending on what model (but I am going along lines of Discovery or Range Rover as appears to be auto).

worn balljoint on A frame at rear diff
Worn suspension bushes
Wear on gearbox output shaft
Drive shaft universals

[Heath]

Does it have the rubber crappy thingee joint in the drive train?

If worn or had it, it may flop around a little.

I'm just guessing though.

Hop underneath and give the shafts a wriggle (up down left right) and try to turn them by . Any movement will be amplified by the engine torque so would be worse. If all is tight then I'm buggered if I know.

Just wondering if its backlash in the diff, check the pinion for movement.

[slurp]

i had this in my safari aswell every time i took off from a intersection i heard i thump, all it turned out to be the torque from the engine making the exhaust hit the rear bar, so its best to get under it and give everything a good wriggle check for play in things

[lax2wlg]

Thats normal behavior for that German ZF auto, bit of a thump when you go from P or N to D or R as it sends everythng through 2 gearboxes and 3 diffs, well documented, is there a V8 Disco owner around?