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Replacement diff pan

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Arightpest:
Hello All

I have finally finished the rear diff pan swap, it’s not a job I would like to do again in a hurry. The complete rear axel came out pretty easily well it does do when you’ve got a brilliant friend called Simon that knows what he’s doing. Once out I fetched a replacement diff pan from Paddock £30 so not to bad. While I had it to bit I changed a few bits like the rear flexible hose easy job, then the aframe ball joint what an absolute git of a job. I cheated by removing the aframe bracket from the aframe so I could put into the vice to help removal. I am not a small bloke but it took me at least half an hour with a piece of pipe and a four pound lump hammer to shift it, it was well rusted in.

Next I tried to put the new one in (don’t try this at home children) plan one pull it in with its own bolts it just bent the ends down. Plan two try and squeeze it in using the vice a bit at a time? It went in but not level so out came the hammer again once out I never got to plane three because at one point in time I must have court the edge of the rubber and [!Expletive Deleted!] it up four very small cuts in it and grease came out. Not a happy bunny.

I phoned Paddock for a replacement and they didn’t have one. B++++++S .so I phoned DLS up and after a quick conversation with the nice man he told me for a little bit more they would press it on for me. So the morel of the story children take it to a man that can it’s a dam sight easer.

Last of all I took the new pan and axel to a local engineering company I have known for years and it looks a brilliant weld so hopefully it won’t leak?


After fighting with the aframe ball joint again trying to get it back into the axel, With the help from my son and two trolley jacks one scissor jack and a piece of wood it went in. all the other jobs went with no problem so all ends well.

I know I have saved a shed load of money doing most of it my self I wouldn’t like to tackle the job again, it’s not for the faint hearted.


All the best

Arightpest

(Arightpest son) it helps when u put the springs in first not the shocks dad. :D

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