Thread: Life of Puma FRONT diffs...

Not to worry,

Just got a quote from Ashcroft's for full bolt in replacement centre for the front of the SVX (Air locker, HD gears etc etc) to match the new rear HDP38 only £840.

Good deal I rekon.

Looks within Landrover tolerances........... O.O

....forgot to add same vehicle is booked for a clutch next week, death rattle has become unbearable, too.

jc

They shouldn't feel too bad I have 87,000km and have had 2 front diffs 3 rears (now Ashcroft) a new transfer case, new clutch and a rebuilt gearbox....... All bar the Ashcroft diff and the gearbox under warranty.......

Mine has spent a lot of time offroad and traveling long distances fully loaded

Well, mine has done 53,950k's, all off road and all fully loaded, some towing a off road camper.

Original clutch, gear box, TC, front diff and rear diff didn't have any problems when I swapped it out for the new Ashcroft HDP38.

And all component are quite and working very well.

It's not all bad in PUMA world

So JC, what puts a puma rover differ different to all the models before. Can there be something done to maintain the current standard diff.

I am disappointed with what looks like LR's budget cutting on the Tdci. But can't see why all existing parts have to swapped out for aftermarket. Td5, Tdi's all have similar running gear, but don't appear to have half the problems.

Originally Posted by justinc

Here's one for you, 80,026km old. NO offroad, NO towing. Customer complained of a bit more backlash than usual....I reckon it was good timing swapping it out today

Mine did roughly the same at 87k - sneered the centre pun but did fail dramatically. Noticed additional backlash and decided to to dropped the diff oils for a look.

The front diff oil clunked as it drained into the pan...

Ashcroft ATB (already in the shed ready to go) went in the same day.

Edit: heaps of towing, heaps of offroad, heaps of weight!

the lowest m crosspin failure i have seen was at 26,000km, puma 130 dc. it got a trutrack upgrade

the one we did today got a good used disco 2 diff fitted, they seem to get a lot more lifespan. yes i think materials have been a problem with the late ones; take the spud shaft internal spline failures from the mt82 to the lt230 for example, too

jc