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Disco vibrator... Diff???

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ibruceuk:
Ok, well an update....

I've removed the front prop and yup the front UJ is screwed!  The bearings a shot to pieces!  But I'm sure I can still hear a grating noise from the front diff, guess i'll put a new UJ on and then see what it sounds like.

Any ideas on how to remove the UJ??  I've removed the circlips soaked it all in WD40 and given it a good bit of tapping with the universal removal tool (hammer) but it ain't budging!

S'pose I'll continue hitting it tomorrow!

I've decided Disco's are ungrateful!  Last week a brake disc shattered so it's had two new discs last week, it's just had a new nice shiny winch and bumper and also I've sorted out the rear body mounts and now the bloody prop decides to give up and maybe the diff!!!

extreme90:
stiff stearing could be trackrod end and draglink ball joints seized/semi-siezed

happens all the while in my 90, just clout them with a hammer on top a couple of times, usualy does the trick  :roll:

check the wheel bearings aswell for that whine

dan

barmiebrumie:
Steering could also be the steering shaft under the bonnet try wd40 on the knuckles & if that helps they need changing, not ot bad a job to do.

Tyke:

--- Quote ---Any ideas on how to remove the UJ?? I've removed the circlips soaked it all in WD40 and given it a good bit of tapping with the universal removal tool (hammer) but it ain't budging!

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Drive the bearings out from one side with a snug fitting socket/drift. The old needle roller housing will stick out the other end of the yoke by a few mill before everything goes solid. Get some sturdy grips, preferably a vice, and clamp the housing that's sticking out in the vice jaws and give the whole lot a good a good twisting and pulling. It will come out eventually. Then reverse the process and drive the opposite side housing out the same way. The uj will then come apart, with a little 'jiggling'.


Press the new bearings in carefully, a vice is useful . . . watch out for the needles rollers getting displaced when you press the housings back in . . . .  :wink:

Range Rover Blues:
Steering could also be the drive belt slipping.

As for the UJ you need to hit it harder.  Try dropping the yolk into a bowl of boiking water for a minute first.

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