Recent content by Gary Gilbert

The only thing I am sure of is that I'm not sure of anything!

It happened twice on the same day, I would say about an hour or so of driving apart but a lot of the kms was done in 5th gear.. The only thing I am sure of is that I'm not sure of anything :) I will check the yoke and grub in the morning *crosses fingers*

will check the yoke and grub screw before I panic.. I don't have the tools/workshop to do a rebuild since we don't even have a place to live atm which means buying a used one on ebay (could be risky) or a reconditioned one (definitely expensive)

reverse is under 5th so it must be R380.. thanks for the info!

300 tdi is the engine. I am assuming its a R380 but honestly haven't checked the serial number

Hi Gang, After 1338 days and 114.000km we finally arrived back at our starting point, weary and homeless but chock-a-block full with amazing experiences and about 20.000 photos. On the home stretch from Spain while starting out in 1st gear it popped out making an awful racket I thought at...

Yeah, I manged to find a supplier, got a new half shaft and as @tottot suggested a new drive member as well. Probably cost double than what it does in Europe but at least I now have piece of mind after replacing it and seeing that it's not the diff.. Thanks again for all the advice you all are...

UPDATE: there is checking the half shafts and checking the half shafts apparently.. when taking them out today I noticed that on one side the teeth are worn... under the drive member.. when I had first checked them I didn't take the drive member off and it must have shifted slightly where the...

You are right, I misread/misunderstood --> The half shafts and drive members are not one unit... I had both half shafts out and both ends are fine - also both half shafts and drive members only have about 30,000kms on them - I had first suspected that one of the half shafts or drive members...

So the photos below are my diff...(Salisbury?) I checked it again just to be sure. With difflock off the rear prop just spun with a slight whirring noise as if two gears were not quite meshing, no other grinding noises or anything like that.. I thought for a moment it could be something in...

Thanks for all the replies! I think it must be a salisbury (will head to the garage and take a photo ) Half shafts are single piece and in good order (I removed both and they looked fine) -> The problem with removing the rear prop is that I won't have a handbrake (it still seems work atm)...

Hi again, So we are in Montevideo 4 days away from packing our landy in a container to ship to Europe after 3.5 years on the road and I think the rear diff just went tits up.. was turning a corner heard and felt a popping sound from the rear and lost all forward drive, upon attempting to drive...

Yeah too late to worry about the angle of the nipple now I guess.. I can get it to fit in two positions so it will have to do.. I was mostly worried about the balance, but you guys have put my mind at ease - thanks for that! Cheers

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