Thread: IRD replacement

You can just remove the tail shaft and it will be a front wheel drive. Mite not fix the noise as the damage is done

When the VCU seizes it kills the IRD - dead or or at least the pto to the rear. If it is noisy it is unlikely that VCU has caused it but who knows.

I did have my IRD fail so much that the car was not drivable. I removed the tail shaft and VCU and it drove OK in front wheel drive. The bearings had failed in the rear PTO section which allowed the PTO crown and pinion to loose mesh and make the vehicle not drivable. By removing the rear tail shaft the load on the PTO was no longer there and after changing the oil and removing metal bits I was able to drive on it no problems for about 4 months until I put a new IRD in. Without load the damaged bearings worked OK and the crown and pinion turned OK - no new metal appeared in the oil.

So if you take the rear drive shaft out and change the oil you should be OK BUT as the IRD (or is it the gearbox) is noisy, as Woko has highlighted there may be other issues.

Garry

Its not noisy,it's just chewing it's tyres so removing the tailshaft before anything worse happens would be a good idea. Pat