Looking For A Diff Recon Company

[speedtripledan]

When out tear arsing around derbyshire sunday i noticed my car suddenly change and started vibrating a lot worse than usual, noticed it again today so jacked it up started the engine and put it in gear and there seems to be a lot of horrid noises eminating fro the diff area.

 

Before it lets go completely i thought i,d get it reconditioned localish theres an oil leak play in both cv joint bearings and a lot of backlash. checked the oil and it seems to thin to be ep 80 so it looks like the **** who built this car not only put the wrong engine oil in causing clutch slip he also did the same with the diff!

[Grim]

open it up, take a look at the teeth. if they're shot, reconditioning would be a waste of money. Have you checked it's not a cv joint?

[brumster]

Are we talking a Sierra diff here? CV joint bearings, that's got nothing to do with the diff - it needs new shafts, or joints at best - but the backlash perceived could just be the CVs, as Grim says.

 

edit: Scratch that, just seen the other threads diagnosing a shot diff and looking for a new one. So sounds like you've diagnosed the problem already, nothing to do with CVs?

[speedtripledan]

opened it up all teeth present and correct but both driveshaft bearings have a lot of play which is causing some of the backlash the rest is 4 cogs in the diff part they have probably worn due to the bearing play so looks like a new diff to me "arse"

[richardm6994]

You could try manx engines in coxbench (about 5 miles from work).

[Al Milton]

Dan,

I had my LSD reconditioned by Road & Race Transmissions near Sevenoaks, Kent.

Admittedly they are not local to you, but did a good job, reasonably priced. They prep diffs and gearboxes for Caterham.

 

It might be worth a visit to them if you are down visiting again.

 

Road & Race Transmissions, Filston Farm, Filston Lane Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5JU

 

Tel: 01959 525105

 

Just an option

Al

[Shaft]

Dan.... It's a Landrover diff, designed to be rebuilt mate. Get a set of planet gears and possibly a set of sun gears, a pair of bearings and do it thee Sen youth!

[Guest MarkB]

Dan.... It's a Landrover diff, designed to be rebuilt mate. Get a set of planet gears and possibly a set of sun gears, a pair of bearings and do it thee Sen youth!

 

It's a freelander diff, made by blind Mongolians using rubber bands.... Or it might as well be.

[Shaft]

 

 

It's a freelander diff, made by blind Mongolians using rubber bands.... Or it might as well be.

 

Good point......

 

Dan, get some new rubber bands then.

[maccavvy]

place on Clarence road worksop call all gears iirc . im sure they do diffs and gearboxes.

[Guest zoomzoom]

 

 

It's a freelander diff, made by blind Mongolians using rubber bands.... Or it might as well be.

 

Hey don't knock them, they are the guys who made my bonnet.