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Rear diff (1996 Defender 90 300Tdi)-advice please. Sorted

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davidlandy:
Its nearly always the nearside !

It happens due to the direction of rotation of the wheel vs the anticlockwise direction required to undo the nut.  so if the nuts arent tight enough the direction of rotation means they wind off - not the same for the offside unless you had an opposite thread.

learn something new every day!

Disco-Ron:
IN order to elliminate the front axle as the source of the noise, why not dissconnect the rear prop, and drive a short way in Diff lock..... if the noise is still there, i'd say it's the front, if not, put rear prop back on, and remove the front one, drive again.. etc etc etc...

Cassillis:
An update to close this thread and give advice to others, who like me, are finding their way with landies

The problem turned out to be a worn hub on the offside. The hub had worn sufficiently to allow movement. This in turn ruined the bearings as expected. This resulted in sufficient movent in the calliper to allow the pad to move within it and strike the disc as it rotated. :roll:  

I did take the diff out to examine it, it looked like new, Phew!! :wink:

extreme90:
didnt you get a spongey pedal ?
tell tail signs off a brearing shot
dan

Cassillis:

--- Quote from: "thebiggreenthing" ---didnt you get a spongey pedal ?
tell tail signs off a brearing shot
dan
--- End quote ---


No i didn't funny enough. The bearing wasn't that noisey either. Even more strangely one of the pistons on the other side was lazy and causing uneven wear on the pads. Outer less than 2mm of pad left inner 8mm.................... strange :!:

Running like a swiss watch at the moment :wink: Give it 24 hours :cry:

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