Leaking diff casings, Discovery 1 commercial. 1993

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cideredup

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• Oct 10, 2010

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Hi all,
both my front and rear diff casings ( round pans) have pin holes in them, causing a small leak from each.
Is this common? and is there any fix's other than replacing both axles?
thanks a lot
Gareth

 

V8_Disco

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• Oct 10, 2010

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cut the diff pans off and weld new ones in, or weld up the holes

 

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Dent swears by a self tapping screw & isopon body filler

 

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• Oct 10, 2010

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If welding the hole drain diff of oil. remove diff and wash out with degreaser. & allow to evaporate fully before welding.

 

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Or you could... drain the diffs, wire brush the affected area and apply some heat to get rid of any oil on the inside of the holes, fill with metal putty n paint with a couple of coats of hammerite... thats what i did and all is well atm

 

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cideredup

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so it shouldnt be a new axle job then?
Thanks a lot

 

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• Oct 10, 2010

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yer best bet is new pans they are about £20+vat each and a couple of hours work

 

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• Oct 10, 2010

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Sounds like nathan has the best idea,
Although you can get heavy duty diff pans, could be time for an upgrade,
There not cheap tho, a mate has done it on his 93 range rover, im sure he said £150 each or somthing for the parts ?

 

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redhand said:

Dent swears by a self tapping screw & isopon body filler

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Lol.... it got me home

 

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• Oct 10, 2010

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Hunty said:

Sounds like nathan has the best idea,
Although you can get heavy duty diff pans, could be time for an upgrade,
There not cheap tho, a mate has done it on his 93 range rover, im sure he said £150 each or somthing for the parts ?

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He got shafted..

 

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• Oct 10, 2010

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I have nicked the axle cases outta Robins 300tdi. I'm gonna clean up up and weld a HD plate to the bottom of the diff casings where they normally go. Strengthen the spring and radius arm mounts and then put the diff & shafts outta me 200 axles in them.

 

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cideredup

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cheers all
Gareth

 

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redhand said:

Dent swears by a self tapping screw & isopon body filler

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That was a first class bodge, in the middle of nowhere

Me finger was a bit sticky the rest of the day though

 

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Dent said:

That was a first class bodge, in the middle of nowhere

Me finger was a bit sticky the rest of the day though

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Fookin right it was a bodge, no primer and didn`t even paint it the same colour never mind polish and Tcut!!:doh:

 

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Dent said:

Me finger was a bit sticky the rest of the day though

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I thought the missus looked Happy!!!

 

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redhand said:

I thought the missus looked Happy!!!

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Been more than one fookin finger