SWB patrol grinding when stopping

[freddy246]

my shorty makes this terrible grinding noise everytime i almost come to a complete stop (at about 5kmph). sounds like its coming from the front drivers side but its kinda hard to hear where these sort of noises come from. Any ideas to what it could be? it also makes a grinding noise from 95-105kmph not sure if they are related or not but its annoying cause you either have to speed or go slow on the highway. any help would be appreciated? thanks

[ozy1]

is your shorty lifted? if so, we had the same problem with my sisters shorty, turned out to be actually coming from the rear drive shaft,

in saying that, theres nothing sayin that you dont have wheel bearing problems, or something else

[freddy246]

it has 3'' lift, ahh true, what did you end up doing to fix it?

[SIM79]

Do search there is tone of info on this subject and solutions also.

[351ciofgrunt]

The grinding as you come to a stop could mean that a brake pad is worn down to the metal, check your pads

[freddy246]

search where exactly? sorry im not good with computers. its not the brake pads i know what that sounds like plus it will sometimes but not always do it just when im really slowly idling along..

[351ciofgrunt]

Well if it's your rear uni joints causing the problem then you could try either running a double cardan uni joint or dropping the gearbox xmember down with spacers or converting your rear diff to a high pinion

[SIM79]

search where exactly? ..

Go the Nissan main thread page, next to to New Topic is magnifying glass with search this thread, type in grinding and every thread with grinding will come up.

[ozy1]

we tried fitting gear box cross member spacers, which helped a touch, we then fitted adjustable upper arms, which helped a bit more,

we finaly fixed it by fitting a hi pinion rear diff, now no dramas what so ever,