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Well, over a month later and it's suddenly started doing it again!
The only way to stop the horrendous noise, is to momentarily put it into 4WD. The noise stops immediately so I put it straight back into RWD and carry on with my journey. It's sometimes doing it 4 or 5 times within a mile now.
On the way home from work this morning I noticed a click sound a few moments before the horrendous noise appears (the horrendous noise sounds similar to when you put a stick in the spokes of a turning bicycle wheel, but much louder & more aggressive). Could it be that the click is a hub (or two) trying to lock? And the front driveshafts attempting to engage is the cause of the horrible noise?
My hubby is going to lock the hubs, to see if that stops the horrible noise. If it doesn't, what else might it be please?
Yeah, sorry I forgot to add that Reg was also going to check for a leaky vacuum solenoid... And it seems that may well be the (or part of the) issue. Are new replacements still available?
Yes new are available from Suzuki and used are available from anyone who has fitted manual hubs. Lambert on here will have a couple spare on his new purchase.
An easy way to rule out a leaky solenoid is to pull the hose that feeds the vacuum system off the inlet manifold and blank it of with some tape.
Not that I have done but it is possible to dismantle and rebuild the vacuum solenoids which is the cheapest option. Otherwise new replacement parts are in the same price range as manual hubs.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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