Thread: LT230 bronze washers

Originally Posted by Finnius

Did it have a driveline clunk/slack with that type of wear?

No driveline “clunk” whilst driving but there was more than normal “backlash”when under the vehicle when I was turning the prop-shafts back and forth.
Of the 4 washers in the diff 2 were completely gone and there was massive wear in the hemispheres where they were missing. The previous owner was a grey nomad and towed extensively ie 6 months out of every 12 for near on 10 years. In the spare box that i bought from a AULRO member, the wear was different…. all the washers were shredded and there was much less wear in the hemispheres.

Originally Posted by onebob

No driveline “clunk” whilst driving but there was more than normal “backlash”when under the vehicle when I was turning the prop-shafts back and forth.
Of the 4 washers in the diff 2 were completely gone and there was massive wear in the hemispheres where they were missing. The previous owner was a grey nomad and towed extensively ie 6 months out of every 12 for near on 10 years. In the spare box that i bought from a AULRO member, the wear was different…. all the washers were shredded and there was much less wear in the hemispheres.

I will drain the oil and remove covers etc tomorrow morning. All i know so far is that if i let the clutch off too fast the transfer case has more than normal slack then a considerable clunk. Also, when driving i can get a surge/oscillation of drive line slack when i let off or take up slack or if i am quick on the throttle.

My thinking is that the clunk will be
1) input gear or
2) bronze domed washers or
3) dog clutch (not sure if i can check this in situ?)
4) actual slack between the gear cogs from the intermediate to the input or differential (i checked staked nut and it is still done up to where i set it though)

Yep, that's it.
Regards PhilipA

And to confuse things, there are selectable shims than can go under the input and output gears of the center diff.