Thread: Range goes clunk & will only drive with diff locked

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

I thought about axles only .. but went for worse case ..

What your saying is the 88 has a manual lock at transfer? and he doesn't have a rear diff lock? ... (guessing he has a 1988 RR)

Yes 88 has centre diff lock

Thanks everyone for the advice. Yep, definately center diff lock not rear, and from reading my manual and other assorted Rangie stuff it is best not to do any road driving with it locked. Will get a professional diagnosis and if it is prohibitively expensive and something I can possibly do myself I will no doubt post with lots of "how to" questions.

thanks again (and I think I've figured out the smileys...)

Dave

Originally Posted by Dave88

Thanks everyone for the advice. Yep, definately center diff lock not rear, and from reading my manual and other assorted Rangie stuff it is best not to do any road driving with it locked. Will get a professional diagnosis and if it is prohibitively expensive and something I can possibly do myself I will no doubt post with lots of "how to" questions.

thanks again (and I think I've figured out the smileys...)

Dave

Its going to cost you a bomb via a business

Surely there is someone in canberra, that can help out?

I'd offer, but might be a little far

I had exactly the same with my RRC and thought it was the centre diff or trans case and pulled that all out before checking the CV. It was in the end a CV joint had chewed out. It is fairly easy to check, remove the outer half shaft axle and have a look. Also drop your diff oil and look for metal. Drop your transfer case oil and look for metal. May give you some idea. It is not that hard to pull out the gearbox, trans case and centre diff just time consuming and if you can do this will save you a heap in mechanics fees.

Do you have access to the manuals?
PM me if you want some help for DIY.

try leaving the centre diff unlocked and put it in gear and have look at which taill shaft spins, that will give you an idea of which end to start on.

Kudos to all who correctly diagnosed a CV joint. I can't claim to have done the work myself as the Rangie had already been towed to a professional but thankfully it was a reasonably priced job. Thanks to all for the input.

Dave

Dave,
Great news. Glad thats all it was. As often said check the easy things first.
You may want to consider looking at the other side some time as well. May be good practice on how to do them. Not very hard at all to do. A bit time consuming though. Allow half a day to a day for inexperience. The hardest bit was setting the shims.
Cheers
CraigE