Thread: Puma rear diff

ours has been overhauled 3 times..never replaced

My first repair was probally just someone elses refubished diff centre and I guess when this repair happens it will be the same.I hope its ok to do my trip with the musical diff singing away.

we drove ours to Melbourne and back and it was fine, although at the time was singing louder then the radio

Land Rover must have heard me having a whinge because the dealer called me today and said my diff can be tended to next tuesday.Now I can go on holidays with no worries (hopefully).

Hmmm - OK - I thought it was a replacement part thing.

Mine has slowly got noisier, especially on overrun. Took it in before Xmas and they said they'd replace it when the parts came from the UK. Still waiting for them to arrive, so the old diff has to keep plugging on.

Must be some horrible supply problem for it to take such a long time, or they can't figure out a proper solution to the issue......

Originally Posted by spudboy

[SNIP]
or they can't figure out a proper solution to the issue......

I can suggest one, it's spelt S A L I S B U R Y

Originally Posted by rick130

I can suggest one, it's spelt S A L I S B U R Y

I'd have to agree.

This is probably the best example of the triumph of the Bean Counters over the Engineers at least in LR terms.

(This also applies to the later model Td5 versions as well...not just the Puma)

Just done our second sals retrofit, 1X2005, and 1X 2004 Defender.

I'll continue to offer this as a solution to a disastrous rear differential debacle.


The other way to go about it is fit a D1 rear assembly, complete with ABS etc as it is just a simple bolt up. I would only do this for 110 though as the D1 diff is only 2 pin (Or fit it with a Tru Trac), I still believe a 130 needs that 4 pin salisbury for robustness.

JC