Thread: 2010 2.4l 110 Puma Deefa:Front Diff Gone Bang in the Night

The locker should be going in tomorrow.... Transmission guys are taking their time but I've been able to get the compressor in and wiring up done.

Originally Posted by n plus one

Bump!

How's it going Dino? Gunna' make the Brindies on the long weekend?

Lockers in.... Everything is working as it should.... Should be hot to trot(with my new BAS remap as well)

Just in time for it to snow so they can close the roads off

So here's a funny thing.

Dino's failure made me a bit paranoid so I decided to install my Ashcroft ATB today.

Pulled the front centre out and discovered that my carrier centre pin had sheared and was sitting there ready to lunch the entire diff.

Few bits of broken chunks in the bottom of the diff (centre pin, not teeth) and some metallic filings in the oil.

Reckon I better do a bit of cleaning/flushing to do - anyone got any tips?

Originally Posted by n plus one

----- Few bits of broken chunks in the bottom of the diff (centre pin, not teeth) and some metallic filings in the oil.
Reckon I better do a bit of cleaning/flushing to do - anyone got any tips?

Lucky you found that when you did.

Just a strong magnet inside a rag and a piece of hooked wire to scratch out any bits stuck in and around the inside of the housing.
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Lucky you found that when you did.

Just a strong magnet inside a rag and a piece of hooked wire to scratch out any bits stuck in and around the inside of the housing.
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What, you mean just before my Simpson crossing? And no, I'm not joking.

I've got the chunks/flakes out, but the oil was pretty 'metalicised'. I'm planning on doing a change (obviously) and then new oil, quick drive and ten another change,but was wondering I'd anyone had tried some sort of solvent flush or similar? Might do more harm than good?

New Ashcroft ATB centre fitted this afternoon. Just need to put some oil in, do a few laps of the block and then dump it for some more fresh stuff.

Gunna' dump the rear oil tomorrow - I'm getting kinda paranoid!

How did the locker go Dino?