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110 Front Diff Casing

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LAND-ROVER-PIMP:
Hi all,

I know I should have had a diff guard, but my first trip off road with my 110 turned a little more extreme than I had planned!! IT WAS FANTASTIC!!! WOW!! I LOVE IT!! But i've cracked the casing at the bottom,  :cry:   Has any one used the weld on repair pan you can get? Advise would be great if you can help.

Cheers.

drmike:
How bad is the crack?

I have plugged small holes in my diff pans where they rusted through with a chemical weld type of product - you know what I mean the two tube resin stuff. Both have held for over a year so it seems to work. But my holes were half way up so easier to clean. I think the main point is to clean as well as you can and get all hint of oil off.

It's a lot less work than cutting off the old pan and welding on the new one.

Mike

paul_humphreys:
Is it the diff pan or the casing you have cracked? If its the casting then it needs to be welded inside and out, as it will lose a lot of strength.

Paul

LAND-ROVER-PIMP:
Definitely the pan that is cracked, near the bottom as your looking at the axle. Think it is more of a crease than crack. Going in for the M.O.T soon so see what else needs doing before starting any work. Priced the pans up and they start from £29 so not too bad. Never done one but it looks like I cut off the old pan up to the axle casing, get a good clean joint and weld the new pan on!

 :oops: Then fit some under body protection!!

Thanks all.

Xtremeteam:

--- Quote from: "LAND-ROVER-PIMP" ---Definitely the pan that is cracked, near the bottom as your looking at the axle. Think it is more of a crease than crack. Going in for the M.O.T soon so see what else needs doing before starting any work. Priced the pans up and they start from £29 so not too bad. Never done one but it looks like I cut off the old pan up to the axle casing, get a good clean joint and weld the new pan on!

 :oops: Then fit some under body protection!!

Thanks all.
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thats what you have to do but to do it properly you need to strip the diff out the axle as the grinding dusrt dont do the diff much good when you cut it off

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