Clonk - Oh no.

[crankedup]

I'm into my first month of revitilised TVR ownership and it's like I've never been away. I'm already into my first little problem with my Griff, which I hope you may be able to help me with.
Noticed when I engage 1st gear from stationary a low pitched clonk can be heard, it engages OK as do all the other gears, it's all fairly smooth no grates or crunches, clutch is fine and I cannot detect any clonks when driving 'up the gearbox'. I've only just bought the Griff a few weeks back from a good TVR dealer, but it is 135 miles from me and I don't want to go there for no good reason. Any ideas appreciated.

[Mrs H]

Diff or UJ's
(been through it with Scimitar and Chimaera)

[rude girl]

Where is the clonk coming from?

[valhalla]

Had the same 'clonk' with my Chimaera a while back, turned out to be the Diff bush.

Dave

[Steve_T]

I had a similar sounding problem last year at Le Mans, clonk on every gear change. In my case one of the bolts holding the diff in place had worked loose and eventually fallen out. Worth a check as it's simple to rectify from what I understand.

Steve.

[crankedup]

Thanks for info. the clonk seems to be coming from the rear so I think I will phone the dealer and see if they will let me take the car into a nearer TVR garage for inspection.

[jonnyb]

mines doing exactly this so would like know how you get on?

[crankedup]

Yep I will do that JonnyB, I'm just hoping that the Dealer I purchased from plays ball otherwise I have a darn long drive on the motorways, not what I bought a Griff for. My nearest TVR dealer is Kerridges. Watch this space.

[Steve_T]

If you can, get the car up on a ramp, I'm not sure that you need to travel to a dealer to just to check the diff bolts.