Discovering the Discovery... Basic Rebuild...

DiscoNickY said:

Tomato... Tomato... U know wat I mean James. Arnt all as knowledgable as urself. My sincere apologies.

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please your self i was only interested in what was failure

Not really sure. Or sure about correct names of things, But the pinion gear, I think, had come loose and been thrown around inside diff gettin caught and crushed against anythin an everything. From wat I can see there are retaining washers holding the 'pinion shaft'? These wer nower to be seen so god knows what's happened to them.

theres nothing wrong with no knowing all the correct terms ,none of us know everything on every subject or job,i presume you mean cross shaft(retained by 2 circlips ) in carrier came free and let diff planet gears come free ,not an uncommon issue and has several causes

Yea thats it. Lol. First time I've changed a diff.

James, you the oil seal on the flange to the diff. Is that the same as the output seal from the transfer box? Got a few lying round u see and might aswel change now while I'm at it.

no different seal you would want ftc5258

Ok. Cheers mate.

Do u really know that code off the top of your head?? Are u even human??

DiscoNickY said:

Do u really know that code off the top of your head?? Are u even human??

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yes but i do use a good few of them so its not hard to remember after a while,and ive allways ordered parts using the part number unlike when you order parts from motor factors

Haha. Fair enough then.

Just watching that pacific rim film with me lad. Wat a bloody film, it's great!!!

jamesmartin said:

yes but i do use a good few of them so its not hard to remember after a while,and ive allways ordered parts using the part number unlike when you order parts from motor factors

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Wat is it u do James? Do u recondition old box's etc??

yes ,used to build new as well as recon in my last job, but now just do it on my own

Ur won little business u mean? Nice.

Engines? Gearboxes? Transfers? Wat do u do? I want to start another build but using only reconditioned stuff. This disco was a bit of a Learning curve for me. The next I want to be a keeper. Or might even use this one tbh, grown quite attached even after all the sh*t she's thrown at me.

nice ,its bloody freezing this time of year ,and a dying profession new stuff isnt rebuildable, all of them

Ur right there like. But plenty of die hard fans of the old stuff to keep u going. Freezing? Don't u have a heater in your workshop?

Want to re

** want to replace the bearing and seal in this diff before put it on. Is it as easy as swapping old for new?

James?

normally id change both pinion bearings at the same time though you could just do the outer , if you google 539707g and 539706g you will get an idea of cost ,g because if you use timken bearings chances are the same shims as in at the moment will be ok for new bearings , if you have no bearing dollies cut a slot in old race and use on top of new to drift races in , mark one diff carrier cao first so they go back in same place,i can let you know how to adjust carrier bearings

I have no idea wat u have just said. Where abouts are u and how much would u charge to do this for me and let me watch!!?! Lol

about 3hrs away