broken bongo :(

[peanutcrusher]

please can some help me with this one, my bongo seems to have killed itself for some reason when i turn left or right ever going forward or backwards i get a massive banging noise coming from the back of my bongo, it like being hit from behind by another car.
i have climbed under the bongo and i can see nothing that seems to be loose or hanging off.
anyone got any ideas

[dandywarhol]

Propshaft universal joint disintegrating? Is it 4WD?

[peanutcrusher]

yep 4wd

[mister munkey]

Mine did something similar but it was the gearbox in its final death throes.

[missfixit70]

Diff?

[Simon Jones]

Loose spare wheel, exhaust, rear drop links, anti-roll bar bushes?

[Eat Aunt]

please can some help me with this one, my bongo seems to have killed itself for some reason when i turn left or right ever going forward or backwards i get a massive banging noise coming from the back of my bongo, it like being hit from behind by another car.
i have climbed under the bongo and i can see nothing that seems to be loose or hanging off.
anyone got any ideas

Hello 'crusher

I've just texted Aunt Trumpet who lives not far from you to ask if he can help you. Despite his his grotesque and hideous appearance , and despite the shape of his head he is quite helpfull,
Eat Aunt

[Aunt Trumpet]

Hello 'crusher

I've just texted Aunt Trumpet who lives not far from you to ask if he can help you. Despite his his grotesque and hideous appearance , and despite the shape of his head he is quite helpfull,
Eat Aunt

Crusher,

Take no notice of the vile Eat Aunt, he has temporarily given up drinking and therefore has taken leave of his senses and can become confused and delerious....he is, at the moment, an imbecile but after recovering from a recent operation (labotomy probably) he is aiming to be a complete idiot in the near future.

Anyway, back to your problem, it's difficult to diagnose your problem with seeing/hearing it. I live in Southsea so if you can get it down to me we might be able to check it out together....I also have a Bongo friendly mechanic we can call on if needs be...over to you.

I'll also try and keep the Aunt in its cage..

[missfixit70]

Loose spare wheel, exhaust, rear drop links, anti-roll bar bushes?

Could be a broken anti roll bar bracket, can be very hard to see the break, & they make quite a graunchy noise, usually more over bumps etc than turning though?

[teenmal]

Could it be that the liners have come off the brake shoes?

It might be worthwhile draining the rear axle to see if there are any broken bits in the oil .(off the diff not the brake shoes)

Cheers..

[peanutcrusher]

thanks for everones answers, but the van has got even worse and i can not eve drive it now as i ended up getting it recovered to discount trucks. fred seems to think its most likely to be the rear diff.
so i'm wanting to here back from them now.
thanks again for all your input.