I was coasting down the hill into our town and noticed that when I started to a accelarate (just touched the gas to keep momentum) I would elicit a clang/thump in the driveline.

Front driveshaft was completely rebuilt >500miles ago, rear is tight and both are greased. The rubber coupler at the rear diff is also near perfect.

Is this normal? Reminds me of a similar noise my old bosses Chevy K1500 made and the TSB fix was some special GM grease on the trans output->driveshaft splines. Not the same setup the LR has.

Thoughts?

 

A muffled clunk that seems to be coming from the rear is normal, and you will find a few threads about this. It's the sum of all the backlash in the drive line, and it's more proeminent when coasting at a certain speed then reaccelerating after a traffic light has turned green. Of course I am not talking about a clunk of epic proportion, or very metallic in sound, you are the judge of that.

 

My tcase clunks occasionally... lol. Your probably hearing what ^ said, its common in AWD cars/trucks.

 

Except Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Subaru, Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Actually Discos are the only car I can think of that clunk when you step on the gas. (they all do it, don't worry)

 

Meh, the Subaru's I've been in all clunked, much quieter than the disco, but clunked nonetheless.

 

Normal.
do not HIT the accelerator.
Bad for MPG.
Bad for Driveline.

Drive it - like there is an egg on the gas pedal.
You'll not hear any clunks.

Drive it full throttle or no throttle and you'll get "interesting problems" later.

 

Check your Engine & Trans mounts. They're a common failure point in the drive line.

I recently replaced all mine and have damn near eliminated all "thumps" under acceleration and deceleration.