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roadrunner

posted on 24/10/09 at 08:01 AM Reply With Quote
Check your diff oil level

After talking about suspension set up yesterday i went to see a freind i havent seen in a while. anyway on the way home i noticed a groing extra growl coming from the car , i didnt know at the time weather it was engine , prop or diff related . I got 3 miles from home then the growl tunred into what sounds like a bag of spanners shaking about. I managed to crawl home hoping that my prop had come loose but no it was fine but i did notice oil under where the half shaft exits the diff. pushed car into garage and jacked her up and spun one wheel it did turn the prop but i could turn the other wheel in any diestion i wanted and no it isnt a LSD. so now the car is off the road until next summer and i need a new 7" diff. can you get 7" LSD diffs.
Brad.

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posted on 24/10/09 at 08:14 AM Reply With Quote
well at least you broke it at the right time of year





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roadrunner

posted on 24/10/09 at 08:26 AM Reply With Quote
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rusty nuts

posted on 24/10/09 at 09:06 AM Reply With Quote
There was a nice post recently on rebuilding Sierra diffs! Hope you get it sorted
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02GF74

posted on 24/10/09 at 09:38 AM Reply With Quote
lucky it didn't seize at 70 mph like what happened to someone on here recently!!






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coozer

posted on 24/10/09 at 09:43 AM Reply With Quote
Yep, I was behind when the diff seized throwing the car into a snaking, rapid, tyre smoking halt.. scary indeed.

Was out in mine yesterday for the first time since I installed my new diff and went into a doughnut frenzy to see it it was going to go or not... thankfully its holding on..

Kris's diff gave way after only 4~5 miles driving with no oil and the damage is a totally seized front bearing, crown wheel gears are a nice blue colour as well...





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Hellfire

posted on 24/10/09 at 10:14 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
...........so now the car is off the road until next summer and i need a new 7" diff. can you get 7" LSD diffs.
Brad.


Why off the road till next summer? It's only a diff. They're quite easy to change and relatively easy to source.

The XR4x4 has a 7" 3.62:1 LSD as standard.

Phil






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posted on 24/10/09 at 11:13 AM Reply With Quote
Lsd diffs usually have bolt on shafts which makes it slightly more awkward if you're on push-ins. I've got a spare 7'' lsd diff you could have but no shafts to go with i'm afraid, though i'm sure you could buy bolt on cv joints and do a conversion.....

[Edited on 24/10/09 by scotlad]





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roadrunner

posted on 24/10/09 at 01:40 PM Reply With Quote
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lucky it didn't seize at 70 mph like what happened to someone on here recently!!

That did cross my mind thats why the last few miles home was at a crawl.

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roadrunner

posted on 24/10/09 at 01:41 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Hellfire
quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
...........so now the car is off the road until next summer and i need a new 7" diff. can you get 7" LSD diffs.
Brad.


Why off the road till next summer? It's only a diff. They're quite easy to change and relatively easy to source.

The XR4x4 has a 7" 3.62:1 LSD as standard.

Phil

Its normally off the road through the winter Phil but i was hoping to get one last good run out next week.

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roadrunner

posted on 24/10/09 at 01:42 PM Reply With Quote
I'm confused now, i thought all 7" diffs where push-in type and 7,1/2" bolt on.
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blakep82

posted on 24/10/09 at 04:37 PM Reply With Quote
friend of mine did something similar with her engine yesterday

thing is, the light only came on for a few seconds, then went back out.

[Edited on 24/10/09 by blakep82]





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posted on 24/10/09 at 05:04 PM Reply With Quote
If i remember correctly the rulel is disc brakes at the rear, the dif is the non push type.

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