How does this happen? Rear diff broke!

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warrior

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Had a small squeak nothing major, then a bigger squeak / grinning noise then a Big Bang and no drive, diff lock in and home I went,

Oh this is on the way home from ripon pay and play

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I've had the input fail 3 or 4 times now and always had some tel tale sign, but this was not even 5 miles from squeak to dead,
 
Think the last ones were timken,

I've bin at a p&p so that's where the water has maybe one from, just driving round at a slow and steady pace off road might have ment I ain't Heard it,

Ill pull it apart and have alook when I can be bothered.
 
nrgserv said:
how come there's little sign of oil on anything?
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there is its that muddy brown stuff,you know as well as i do water will mark the bearings quite quickly if oils not replaced ,though you have to add ,if bearings been replaced whether preload was correct
 
jamesmartin said:
there is its that muddy brown stuff,you know as well as i do water will mark the bearings quite quickly if oils not replaced ,though you have to add ,if bearings been replaced whether preload was correct
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there is some sign of goo on the inboard side of seal, tho would expect a lot more on output flange :eek:
 
Mine went suddenly with no warning whatsoever. No noises or anything. When I took the old one out I found that a pin holding one of the wheels in place had sheared
 
the_wolf said:
Mine went suddenly with no warning whatsoever. No noises or anything. When I took the old one out I found that a pin holding one of the wheels in place had sheared
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yes that fair enough you wouldnt notice anything apart from some backlash but bearing failure is different
 
the_wolf said:
Mine went suddenly with no warning whatsoever. No noises or anything. When I took the old one out I found that a pin holding one of the wheels in place had sheared
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shock loading/excessive traction/too much right foot.
quick failure resulting in collateral damage.

bearing failure will whine/grumble then give up. screeching noise was probably lack of lube and seizing.
just doesn't seem enough lube, unless its been driven for a while with a trashed seal. there is a bit of summat thrown outwards that could be lube.
 
Not in my case. Oil level was fine and I don't use it off-road, only for daily driving so it certainly wasn't excessive traction or shock. Had coped fine for 26 or so years so can't complain
 
the_wolf said:
Not in my case. Oil level was fine and I don't use it off-road, only for daily driving so it certainly wasn't excessive traction or shock. Had coped fine for 26 or so years so can't complain
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a small diameter shaft snapping is different to bearing failure
 
Nope 1st 2 were crown diffs, 2nd 2 where me, mine lasted the longest for some reason, but none have lasted that long, had problems with my rear pro seizing and pulling the diffs.
 
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