Thread: My fairly major driveline failure is a remote area! fun times

Originally Posted by chaybra

under any normal operating conditions, i highly doubt the drive shafts would ever ever break.

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Dropping kids off to private schools. Driving to hair dressers or beauticians appointments. Driving to meet friends for soy lattes. Cruising in leafy Armadale, Malvern, Toorak Vic
Yep under normal driving conditions they should last

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

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Dropping kids off to private schools. Driving to hair dressers or beauticians appointments. Driving to meet friends for soy lattes. Cruising in leafy Armadale, Malvern, Toorak Vic
Yep under normal driving conditions they should last

hahaha, a very good point! I was leaning more towards my "normal" operating conditions, far away from toorak hahah. just dont put a strap around one wheel and you'll be right!

The chattering of the brake on the other wheel would have created significant shocks through the diff, its mounts and half-shafts so something was bound to break. One of the reasons I'm fitting a rear e-diff is to protect the driveline.

Originally Posted by Graeme

The chattering of the brake on the other wheel would have created significant shocks through the diff, its mounts and half-shafts so something was bound to break. One of the reasons I'm fitting a rear e-diff is to protect the driveline.

I seem to find the tc system to be very smooth, all wheels will always spin at the exact same speed when traction is lost.
It sure would have helped keeping forward momentum on the climb though

Originally Posted by chaybra

i pulled the front diff down last night...all pretty straight forward stuff. No damage in there what so ever. I took some measurements and ill research into Ediffs and air lockers that may measure up from another vehicle.
My biggest worry is that In my attempt to self recover, ive lunched the torsen diff in the transfer case. I cant pull this down until ive got the engine back in its place.

ideal world would be changing the diff out for a mechanical coupling to select and deselect front and rear drive. but hopefully its just the chain that has stretched.

Hi reading your posts with great interest
Thinking about your dilemma of self recovery....
Is it possible to remove front prop shaft, remove broken axle ie battery angle grinder to cut it out... select transfer see if you get drive??
If not at least it can be towed
Cheers Terry