Thread: diffs diffs glorious diffs

If you're blowing that many diffs then an upgrade sounds like it will make economic sense.

Have you thought about fitting a locker? These wont break through the centre. The hemisphere is stronger, the centre gears are stronger and there are 4x planetary gears instead of 2.

After that you will be breaking axles but with the locker you can also run 24 spline which are stronger at the rear at least.

I'm surprised there are no CV joints broken.
Suggest you look at Jacmac, even at $80.00 a diff you've gone thru it would have been cheaper to have installed them first up.
I'm not even going to ask what size tyres you are running- I can guess.

Jack McNamara - Differential Specialists

Are you breaking diff centres of CW&Ps?

What size tyres? what sort of driving?

A common problem with the diff centres is the cross shaft (that the spider/pinion gears run on), will spin, and eventually the circlip will wear away or fall off...

Engine?
Driving Style?
Tyre size (and type) ???
Terrain being driven?
Bent housing?


We need a little more info...

i run 31x10.5 r 15 all terrain tyres mainly they blow in rocky hill climbs and such with large washouts etc i do mud and sand driving as well its my everyday car as well i have been known to play up a little bit especially when a nissan or toyota manage to climb further than i do how ever i do get to the top. its probably my own fault

OPtionS.

fit hd diff centre
Jack McNamara - Differential Specialists

Fit diff lock and up graded axles.
Jack McNamara - Differential Specialists

Fit hypoid centres and axles.
Jack McNamara - Differential Specialists

fit toy centres and jac mac axles.

swap in 80 seies rear diff and nissan front diff.

Michael.

Originally Posted by 1984 freak rangie

me again got a question that troubles the best of the boys here where i am so i thought i may bring it up with people that really know pommie stuff
i have a 1984 range rover highline with standard open diffs front and rear 10 spline axles and single x shaft so thats 2 planetaries and 2 sun gears now apparently the axles are ment to be the weak link in these things so my question is why have i destroyed 18 diffs and only 1 axle??? what modifications can i do to make these things stronger its got to the point where i can change a rear diff in 20 mins and a front one in 45mins many people have told me to change over to nissan gq patrol diffs but there is alot of mucking around with welding mounts etc and i priced a patrol centre with not much change from $1000 where i can source a rr diff for anything between $100 and $300 i use fully sinthetic penrite oil in them that was one suggestion i heard and i admit they lasted longer but still blow after a bit. Can anyone please help me ????

the right foot appears to have a limiting factor on your economic situation and any differential or drive shaft or axle is prone to the same disease caused by the big right foot.
previous cases of this have been helped theraputically by repeated doses of watching mike and mal 'buggering land rover diffs' or by the other name 'travelling allover the countryside until mike buggered the diff' don't forget to watch out for special appearances of mike or mal's wife's tits.

18 diffs
We have never broken a diff!!

TIM.