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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: baron von ledwidge on March 21, 2008, 16:24:07

Title: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: baron von ledwidge on March 21, 2008, 16:24:07

The diff has gone on the rear of my series land rover so i thought ifd ask see if anyone had had this issue and see how hard the job was to replace, i had a look and it looks like just removing the  half shaftts then the diff and swapping are my half shafts likely to be broken?

also does anyone have an old standard diff knocking about?
thanks
aaron

Title: Re: broken diff
Post by: Rich_P on March 21, 2008, 20:33:49

Pull the halfshafts out, and check if they're broken.  Half shafts break far more commonly than the diff, since the halfshaft is a "built in" weak point so you don't break other major components of the running gear.

If the ends of the halfshafts are okay, then it's the diff.

Title: Re: broken diff
Post by: baron von ledwidge on March 22, 2008, 00:45:40

ah ok buddy illdo that tomorrow is it likely that both will fail? tho i guessi couldhave been runnign one 1 for a while lol
aaron

Title: Re: broken diff
Post by: hobbit on March 22, 2008, 11:37:38

If its half shafts you only need one to snap to loose drive

Picking one up could be a laugh this weekend though, getting the broken end out of the diff is also good fun sometimes, if you are lucky you may be able to retrieve it with a magnet on a rod

Not too difficult just a pain

If you cant get the broken bit out, its a diff off, still not too hard just cold in this weather

Have fun

Title: Re: broken diff
Post by: baron von ledwidge on March 22, 2008, 18:48:35

yeh just took the half shaft out and the short side has snappedso illbe having toget those out dont thinkmy local landy breakers will be open which sucks probably just order one from paddock and do itnext week lol.  Does anyone know how good the xeng removal tools for the broken shaft bits are?

thanks
aaron

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: Rich_P on March 22, 2008, 19:21:13

Personally I would want to remove the differential anyway, since small bits of the halfshaft could still be left inside the differential casing.

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: baron von ledwidge on March 22, 2008, 19:25:10

yeh thats true the break looks pretty clean tho but that doesnt mean to much lol, i think ill probably end up removing the diff but i thoguht if it saves me the time i can strip it all down when the weather is a little more favourable i may just poke the bit out with a long rod can that be doen on a series?
aaron

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: baron von ledwidge on March 22, 2008, 19:26:48

oh what i also wanted to ask was what half shaft id need as i looked on paddock and got a little confused my landy is a 1979 series  diesel 88

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: Lucy1978 on March 25, 2008, 13:03:07

a 10 spline one I'd guess, count them and see.

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: ukmudmaster on April 05, 2008, 21:06:31

Hi, check both ends of the half shaft, my late S3 had 10 splines at the diff and 24 at the hub!
Still got 4 in the garage somewhere .................................
Dave

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 06, 2008, 03:44:52

Is it more common on series that the shorter shaft breaks :-k

Title: Re: broken diff/ half shaft x eng removal tool any good?
Post by: baron von ledwidge on April 06, 2008, 10:22:38

hey guys thanks for all the responess,ive got it all in bits now the broken bit was well and truly wedged in there, so ive strippeddown the lift and im gonna wash it out and re bild it today, tanks for all the help tho?
thanks
aaron