Thread: Excessive Backlash

Are you sure its in the diff? remove the fill plug and hold the crown wheel with a finger to confirm. You may also have slop in the diff gears and both ends of the half shafts.


AFAIK pinion/crown backlash is set by adjustment of the carrier something ops: which means pulling the carrier out of the housing.


Bruce.

Originally posted by catfishman
Hi guys, in the rear diff of my County i have a little bit of excessive backlash ....... just wondering is it possible to adjust the pinion to take up the slack??

Cheers, Bill

ok being a pom, a county is a posh 110
Is that the case with yours or like america is it a range rover
Cheers
Ali

Here a county is a 110 pre defender.

Originally posted by Phoenix
Here a county is a 110 pre defender.

Ahh ok (same here)
In that case the first thing i would change is the end caps on the axels. The spider thing on the end of the axel that holds tha half shaft in. This has to bit a tiny bit lose (ie worn) to give alot of back lash in the gear box, or diff. So change thses first

thnx guys , looks like i know what i am doing tomorrow afternoon then ..........

I`d check the splines on your drive members and half shafts, if they ar`nt to bad I`d probably be inclined to leave it alone if its not whining etc, as you can spend a lot of money trying to get rid of backlash and end up with very little improvement. Just accept that every bit of backlash adds up to quite a bit starting from your input gear thru to your half shafts.