because its friday and most Disco owner have more than one LR, I am going to throw this post up here. feel free to delete it.

Does any have experience with swivel *****? The reason I ask my RRC has a knock in the left front almost sounds like a broken shock.

The shock looks fine but I can see that the left swivel ball is leaking, the right is damp but the left is leaking. I guess my question is will a swivel ball make a knocking noise?

I have to replace the steering flex coupling this weekend, it must be ripped or mush I can feel the play in the shaft and there is some noise associated with that but this noise is deeper.

 

Disco II's don't have swivel *****, as I'm sure you're aware, so probably it's better to post this in the RR section, or more appropriately, in the general section since a lot of Land Rover models have swivel *****.

To answer your question, no, they won't make any noise unless the axle u-joint is so broken that it's hitting the inside. However, a u-joint can make a clicking noise when approaching failure (very common with CV's). If all the lube has leaked out then the u-joint is going to fail before long.

 

How is the shock tower? It's pretty common for those to rust away. I've seen them completely detach and start knocking around.

 

towers are fine I was hoping that was all it was, so i guess i can rule out swivel *****.
I will have to look deeper thanks for the ideas