Driveline Clunk

Now that I’ve pondered the way those ears are loaded the brace seems a reasonable approach to solve it. Can’t argue with a successful solution.

Just wonder if there is another way that is less of a problem to install. Seems to me the way to go is to restrain the rotation of the diff housing by applying a 5_DOF thingie to the bottom of the diff and the lower chassis.

The rotation about the halfshafts is already overconstrained with four mounts when three will do it. Using just the two top mounts to resist the driveline torque seems silly. The forces on them and the ears could be halved with another simple mount on the bottom.

The diff brace is not that difficult to install. It helps of course if you already have the rear suspension in bits :wink: If you were to install the diff brace while changing the driveshafts or rear dampers the extra effort involved is minimal.