broken halfshaft or diff?

I made a lucky guess and decided to pull out the halfshaft that

a) had the biggest oil leak
b) i could get at without moving the landy

and it turned out that was the broken one (the short rear one). It had
snapped right at the hub end too so it was easy to pull out

However it has chewed up and seemingly welded up the bearing nut, so
that isnt coming off in a rush - and it looks like it will need a stub
axle too.

I've cleaned out all the lumpy bits, and hopefully not too many of
them have gone into the roller bearing.

Am going to go out on the scrounge tonight and see if i can find a
halfshaft - thought it looks like a new one is only £15 which aint too
bad.

Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> I made a lucky guess and decided to pull out the halfshaft that
>
> a) had the biggest oil leak
> b) i could get at without moving the landy
>
> and it turned out that was the broken one (the short rear one). It had
> snapped right at the hub end too so it was easy to pull out
>
> However it has chewed up and seemingly welded up the bearing nut, so
> that isnt coming off in a rush - and it looks like it will need a stub
> axle too.
>
> I've cleaned out all the lumpy bits, and hopefully not too many of
> them have gone into the roller bearing.
>
> Am going to go out on the scrounge tonight and see if i can find a
> halfshaft - thought it looks like a new one is only £15 which aint too
> bad.

I've an old IIa stub axle but it's got the smaller wheel nuts type. Dunno if
thats any use? Tis over at ma and pa's so would need to dig it out. No idea
what happened to the half shafts thou.

Lee

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:04:02 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I've an old IIa stub axle but it's got the smaller wheel nuts type. Dunno if
>thats any use? Tis over at ma and pa's so would need to dig it out. No idea
>what happened to the half shafts thou.

Its a 2a axle anyway i think (s'got 2/2A hubs).

The hub is fine, its just worn the end of the stub axle and the outer
hub nut down into a big lump.
I'm just going to do the halfshaft for now and leave the rest till the
bearing needs attention - for the amount of miles i do in the landy
now its not worth doing much!

There is a series 3 axle round at my mates - does this have the same
number of splines on the shaft or are they different? My broken one
has 10 lumps.

Tom Woods wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:04:02 +0100, "Lee_D"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I've an old IIa stub axle but it's got the smaller wheel nuts type. Dunno
>>if thats any use? Tis over at ma and pa's so would need to dig it out. No
>>idea what happened to the half shafts thou.
>
> Its a 2a axle anyway i think (s'got 2/2A hubs).
>
> The hub is fine, its just worn the end of the stub axle and the outer
> hub nut down into a big lump.
> I'm just going to do the halfshaft for now and leave the rest till the
> bearing needs attention - for the amount of miles i do in the landy
> now its not worth doing much!
>
> There is a series 3 axle round at my mates - does this have the same
> number of splines on the shaft or are they different? My broken one
> has 10 lumps.

Depends. Early S3 were 10, late ones went to 24. All lwb had Salisbury rear
axles, different 24 spline half axles. All S3 hubs had 16mm rather than
9/16BSF studs, very late S2a also had them and a few had 9/16BSF with the
larger nut size.
JD

"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I'm just going to do the halfshaft for now and leave the rest till the
> bearing needs attention - for the amount of miles i do in the landy
> now its not worth doing much!

<checks diary>

Is it fixed Tom?


Lee

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:07:45 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>> I'm just going to do the halfshaft for now and leave the rest till the
>> bearing needs attention - for the amount of miles i do in the landy
>> now its not worth doing much!
>
><checks diary>
>
>Is it fixed Tom?
>
>
>Lee
>

getting excited now!

btw, MemoryMap is hopeless. To get the maps I can either spend a
fortune and get half of the UK, or get so many square feet made to
order in about 10 days! Why can't I just download the specific
Landranger that covers the area I'm going to drive in?

Out to the local OS stockist to get an old-fashioned paper one
tomorrow I think...

Max wading depth is 450mm - what do you reckon?


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"

"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> getting excited now!
>
> btw, MemoryMap is hopeless. To get the maps I can either spend a
> fortune and get half of the UK, or get so many square feet made to
> order in about 10 days! Why can't I just download the specific
> Landranger that covers the area I'm going to drive in?
>
> Out to the local OS stockist to get an old-fashioned paper one
> tomorrow I think...
>
> Max wading depth is 450mm - what do you reckon?

Get a waterproof cover for the map ;-)

Which reminds me of two things....

1. Check if the wading plug exists on Morph cos if it doesn't I dont fancy
pushing three and a half tonnes of LR up a river emankment, I doubt it's
there so may cry off any water feature yet.
2. Pack shorts and a towel.

Not a clue as to the depths were going to see... two crossings, one is
described only as a ford...the other as 18 to 30 inches depending on who's
wife measures ;-)

Lee

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:32:44 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Tim Hobbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> getting excited now!
>>
>> btw, MemoryMap is hopeless. To get the maps I can either spend a
>> fortune and get half of the UK, or get so many square feet made to
>> order in about 10 days! Why can't I just download the specific
>> Landranger that covers the area I'm going to drive in?
>>
>> Out to the local OS stockist to get an old-fashioned paper one
>> tomorrow I think...
>>
>> Max wading depth is 450mm - what do you reckon?
>
>Get a waterproof cover for the map ;-)
>
>Which reminds me of two things....
>
>1. Check if the wading plug exists on Morph cos if it doesn't I dont fancy
>pushing three and a half tonnes of LR up a river emankment, I doubt it's
>there so may cry off any water feature yet.

Pah! Never bothered with 'em....

>2. Pack shorts and a towel.

Good plan. And well done for volunteering.

>Not a clue as to the depths were going to see... two crossings, one is
>described only as a ford...the other as 18 to 30 inches depending on who's
>wife measures ;-)
>

Remind me to show you the picture of a mate's 90 in a ford. Well,
it's a picture of the roof actually. He sort of 'fell off'....

My list (mostly picnic based...)

1. Clean out fridge and establish whether power is available in rear
bed.
2. Go to shop and replenish sausage stores and other snacks
3. Find spare wheel (assume it's underneath somewhere) and consider
putting it in rear bed, just in case
4. Get maps
5. Get a bluetooth GPS thingy talking to laptop - going to use Google
Earth on tablet pc whilst running along, so we can see where we are.
Resolution is crap round there, but can at least see main features.
6. Get DVD player for Charlotte! - keep not quite getting tuits
7. Clean off memory cards and get camera kit sorted


Mrs H is concerned about toilet stops and generally keeping the little
one amused. I've assured her it's all under control, but she's seen
right through me. Just read your previous mail about lake and
visitors centre, which seems reassuring!

The 7am start looks like a bold plan, given that I'm now going to a
dinner do on Friday night! Will have to lay off the good stuff, which
is a right pain since my bank manager is paying the bill!



--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:17:59 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:07:45 +0100, "Lee_D"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> I'm just going to do the halfshaft for now and leave the rest till the
>>> bearing needs attention - for the amount of miles i do in the landy
>>> now its not worth doing much!
>>
>><checks diary>
>>
>>Is it fixed Tom?

Had an expensive weekend . Halfshaft is fixed, and i've also fitted
a new lift pump.
Brakes are still crap but it stops eventually!. I dont dare start
stripping the rear hubs down after last weekend as it will probably
end up costing me too much! (I think i need some new pads and a slave
cylinder somewhere).

tonight i fitted a gps mount and tommorrow i'm going to fit a fag
lighter socket to power it!

Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> Had an expensive weekend . Halfshaft is fixed, and i've also fitted
> a new lift pump.
> Brakes are still crap but it stops eventually!. I dont dare start
> stripping the rear hubs down after last weekend as it will probably
> end up costing me too much! (I think i need some new pads and a slave
> cylinder somewhere).
>
> tonight i fitted a gps mount and tommorrow i'm going to fit a fag
> lighter socket to power it!

Sounds like your getting there... there will be some big hills so best be
safe than sorry with the brakes...especially if you run out of trees to prop
it against while opening the odd gate, Damn now I've got that sketch from
the Gods must be crazy stuck in my head again....

Sounds like Tim may have a co-pilot seat going if your stuck.

Lee