Thread: county goes clunk

Sure you did'nt damage a front axle or front CV during the recovery?

Hopefully you react a bit quicker to fixing the front end than the engine shut off.
At present there will be oil full of metal particles swirling around in either your front diff or hub doing untold wear. I doubt its a transfer shaft gone., same warning if it is.

Ok, well 1st of all... i think you need to take a deep breath and work out what the problem is. 1st.... open the bonnet and get the engine cut off fixed..... Preventative Maintenace goes a long way... Oil the bonnet pull when you change the oil.... you do change the oil???

Then jack it up and lock the diff in the transfer and see if the transfer does lock... if not then your center diff might have expired

Where are you located???
we might have a bloke close by who can have a look for you.

Stalling it will not have damaged the gearbox.

Something has probably been damaged in the recovery -

1. Centre diff
or
2. Front diff (most likely)
or
3. Front drive flange
or
4. Front half shaft or CV.

There are other possibilities, but these are unlikely.

Chock the wheels, then jack up one front wheel .

Turn the jacked up wheel - if it turns without moving the front prop shaft, the problem is in the front axle, and inspection through the diff filler hole is likely to show whether it is the diff or axle/drive flange/CV and which side.

If it turns the front prop shaft with the centre diff locked, then the centre diff is most likely the problem. If it will not turn, lower the front wheel and repeat with a rear wheel jacked up and the handbrake off but in gear. On the symptoms given, this should turn, but the prop shaft not turn, showing a broken half shaft or stripped drive flange or (very unlikely) a broken diff, but it is unlikely to be anything at the back.

Hope this helps,

John

Yep what john said and id be 90% right in saying that you have sheared the center pin in the front diff center the pin that holds the side gears this is the weakest point in the diff and usaly breaks or the circlips on the end fail and the pin falls out causing allsorts of damage

Originally Posted by lokka

Yep what john said and id be 90% right in saying that you have sheared the center pin in the front diff center the pin that holds the side gears this is the weakest point in the diff and usaly breaks or the circlips on the end fail and the pin falls out causing allsorts of damage

Yep, something like this
Whats missing here??

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Stalling it will not have damaged the gearbox.

Something has probably been damaged in the recovery -

1. Centre diff
or
2. Front diff (most likely)
or
3. Front drive flange
or
4. Front half shaft or CV.

There are other possibilities, but these are unlikely.

Chock the wheels, then jack up one front wheel .

Turn the jacked up wheel - if it turns without moving the front prop shaft, the problem is in the front axle, and inspection through the diff filler hole is likely to show whether it is the diff or axle/drive flange/CV and which side.

If it turns the front prop shaft with the centre diff locked, then the centre diff is most likely the problem. If it will not turn, lower the front wheel and repeat with a rear wheel jacked up and the handbrake off but in gear. On the symptoms given, this should turn, but the prop shaft not turn, showing a broken half shaft or stripped drive flange or (very unlikely) a broken diff, but it is unlikely to be anything at the back.

Hope this helps,

John

thanks for the help john but why wouldnt it move in normal high or low only move in dif lock at the rear is the centre dif needing both dif to be engaged there for only moving the rear because the problem child is in the front dif thanks for your help busy working cant diagnois until weekend but apreaciate all help thanks glenn

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Hopefully you react a bit quicker to fixing the front end than the engine shut off.
At present there will be oil full of metal particles swirling around in either your front diff or hub doing untold wear. I doubt its a transfer shaft gone., same warning if it is.

thanks deejay for the advice iwas 3ks from home in a tidal swamp so thought best to get home as for the damage bill no worries had the car 18 mths no problems just got home from brisbane 10 thousand ks later with my new outboard for the haines hunter in the trailer busy working and fitting new motor thought the landy could wait for its service and yes serviced every 5 ths ks oil and filters to box and motor 10ths to diffs this is one of the best landys ive ever had out of 6 models porthedland to brisbane in 9days 3days there 3days stay 3 days home lovely drive through buccanon hwy nt but poor car is resting get back to you with what problem is thanks glenn