Whrirr whirrr 101 Front Diffs

Lee_D <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:

> I've just come back from a drive and the whirr is still evident only
> seems reduced now, perhaphs thats wishful thinking. Tomorrow I'll
> take Morph for a run with the prop removed.

H'mmm couldn't wait.. took it of and went for a run with the Diff lock on
(Presume it wouldn't do owt otherwise.)

The run is much quieter but I did notice when turning hard there was
clunking coming from the diff.... now I'd guess this is not normal? At least
it's not normal on a series, but then this is a completely different bag of
spanners.



Lee D

Lee_D wrote:

> I've just come back from a drive and the whirr is still evident only seems
> reduced now, perhaphs thats wishful thinking. Tomorrow I'll take Morph for a
> run with the prop removed. I'm thinking the slop in the prop is now the
> cause, made sloppier on our recent run due to the many occasions where
> overrun rumble was occasioned and possibly accelerated by the caravan giving
> us a push on overun too.
>
> I've called GKN today and they uttered £150 plus VAT for props (each)
>
> I note the club ones are listed at £98.60 plus VAT and some utterings
> somewhere in my readings that these are GKN ones.. just goes to show the
> benifits of the club!
>
> More research required me thinks and NO i'm not looking at any more
> Portals....much.
>
> Lee

There are firms around that make their business out of reconditioning
propshafts. Eveything from the bits that you can do yourself like
changing the UJs to replacing the splined portions and rebalancing.

My experience has been that they can be very cost-effective. There's
almost certainly one near you. No harm in enquiring.