Lets no forget the most obvious if you Anti-roll bar bushes are shot then they will squeal like mad, just spray them with a thin oil , WD 40 the take it for a run and see if the noise has reduced, if so then replace them they are no expensive cheap as chips as we say in the UK

 

that does sound like the anti-sway links.

climb under the Rover and see if they have any movement in them.

they are pretty easy to replace and fairly inexpensive.

 

Just crawled under and took some pics. I'm an amateur mechanic at the most liberal definition. Only thing that looked odd to be was the stabilizer. Any better opinions than mine?


Can't tell for sure, but this is a non-geasable shaft isn't it?


Can easily push this up

 

First picture is the top of torsion/sway/anti-roll bar (take your pick...lol) link ball - socket...the lower mount is usually the one that goes bad first...but both can go bad.



Second picture is concerning also. The boot on your lower ball-joint is bad/gone/worthless (take your pick...lol). So, replacing the ball-joints is probably in your near future.



Steering stabilizer is worn and should be replaced also.

 

I was looking at all four ball joints, well all 8 really. They're all in the same shape with the rubber just falling off. I guess that'll be a winter project. I'll work on getting the others done soon. Thanks for the eyes. Thought the torsion/sway/anti roll looked a bit off.

 

Also, l'd get after that drive shaft...joints look pretty dry. It takes a special nipple sytle fitting for your greasegun to fill your zerts. Plus, normally, you have to drop the rear of shaft to lube cardan joint. Once you unbolt rear and drop it down, you'll need to pivot it around to see grease fitting, it should look similar to fittings/zerts on u-joints. A little grease now...will save you a catastrophic failure later.

 

I was planning on doing some fluid changes and greasing the drive shaft this weekend. Definitely at the top of my list.

 

Decided to just go ahead and grease the driveshaft since I had time this morning. Can only find the zerk in the middle of the shaft. Doesn't appear to be anywhere else to grease to my knowledge. Checked back at the service where the u-joints were swapped, and they were done with OEM non-greasable joints. I guess I'm in the market for a drive shaft now. I see Tom Woods are very popular, but at the moment they are out of stock. Any other recommendations? I'll search the forum as well of course.

 

Did you find the issue with the noise? Your first pic looks like the cat is really close to the driveshaft. Might be the angle in the picture, but I would check that. It could cause that noise if it were hitting the driveshaft.

 

Not yet. I haven't had a ton of time to mess with it this week. I'll have more time tomorrow and Sunday. I went ahead and ordered a new stabilizer and sway bars. Even if they're not the culprit they look close to being issues themselves. I'll check out the cat a little closer when I'm back under tomorrow.