Thread: Why do things youself?

Was it making any noises? I ask because I've just found the exact same problem in a diff I just pulled apart so I could fit my Maxidrive. Weird thing is that all the crownwheel bolts were loose and there was no noise.

Originally Posted by incisor

please read the conditions of access before naming names, you have a gripe with someone go to a dedicated site such as notgoodenough.com.au they specialise in it.

i wont tolerate it here as it is too open to abuse.

Sorry, won't happen again.

Originally Posted by waxen

Was it making any noises? I ask because I've just found the exact same problem in a diff I just pulled apart so I could fit my Maxidrive. Weird thing is that all the crownwheel bolts were loose and there was no noise.

Nope, some were still kinda holding the crown wheel in situ, pulled it out of a mates disco to put in an RR he's building for production class, so just stumbled across them, had already been back in the early days due to the air pipe wearing through

Originally Posted by rovercare

This is why



Note the loose crown wheel bolts

As fitted by **** in SOMEPLACE approx. 15.oook ago

You know the original Rover diffs had holes through the bolts the wire them in place because this is a common failing in diffs because of the torque.

It is not always poor workmanship and in fact I have a friend in Sydney who is having those bolts drilled on the P38a diffs in his xtreme because they have a habit of working loose even with locktite,

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

You know the original Rover diffs had holes through the bolts the wire them in place because this is a common failing in diffs because of the torque.

It is not always poor workmanship and in fact I have a friend in Sydney who is having those bolts drilled on the P38a diffs in his xtreme because they have a habit of working loose even with locktite,

Diana

"tis always the workmanship and I've never seen wired bolts in a classic centre, nor have I seen them come apart on their own accord, using the right locktite helps and the correct torque settings, but doubt this one had any locktite

Had a 4.7 rover diff with all the crown wheel bolts sheared of once. It kept driving on the stubs, didn't notice till it drove one of the broken bits into the rear of the housing. Mind you it was only used in low range and the rest of the drive train wasn't what you would call quiet.
So it is amazing what they will keep working with.

Yes some earlier rover diffs had wires to hold the bolts (series only), some had lock tab (85-86 classics) to hold the bolts....some had neither (early classic) and did come loose, however most good landy mechanic's know of these problems and rectify them, eg by using lock tabs ect.

Originally Posted by V8Hybrid

Yes some earlier rover diffs had wires to hold the bolts (series only), some had lock tab (85-86 classics) to hold the bolts....some had neither (early classic) and did come loose, however most good landy mechanic's know of these problems and rectify them, eg by using lock tabs ect.

Cleanliness and locktite