Salisbury Diff noise - clunk/twang sound when rolling backward then moving forward

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Originally Posted by uninformed

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"I have removed and inspected the axles and the splines look fine with no signs of wear at either end."

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Apologies. I missed that for some reason...

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Apologies. I missed that for some reason...

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all good, im curious on this one??

That twang is usually associated with pinion drive flange not being tight enough. If it was loosened a little it wouldn't do it and if it were tighter it wouldn't do it. The giveaway here is that it happened after the pinion seal replacement 😎. There was a bulletin about loctiting the pinion on to the p38 diff on the later td5 defenders due to this kind of noise if i remember.

Sorry JC, the twang was there before the pinion seal was replaced (and I did loctite the flange nut when it went back together)

I can't do much about it until early March so thanks for all your replies and I'll let you know the verdict once it gets pulled apart.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by 86mud

Sorry JC, the twang was there before the pinion seal was replaced (and I did loctite the flange nut when it went back together)

I can't do much about it until early March so thanks for all your replies and I'll let you know the verdict once it gets pulled apart.

Cheers

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JC means loctite the splines with a bearing retainer, check TSB LD205-002 and my earlier post