Hi, have a problem and would greatly appreciate help.
I had an accident in the French Alps, where I live, in my lhd 2001 110. Basically skidded on ice and planted the offside front wing into a bank with the wheel fully turned (trying to correct)
This was nov last year and since then have been back and forth to LR garage for what started out as an intermittent tapping noise (as if on rotation) then big bangs causing me to stop and see what had fallen off - that bad! . LR couldn't find the problem and by then insurance had washed their hands Must have been back a dozen times, last time the noise didn't go away.
Each time I took the car back the garage said it was OK to drive, even though could hear the noise, but they couldn't track it down, the ins assessor came back and typically didn't hear it. Eventually I had enough and when the noise didn't go away I persuaded them to check it up on the rolling bridge. They then found the noise coming from the front diff, which on inspection was completely knackered. 5 of the 10 bolts had sheared. It has stayed there since march with Landrover and insurer saying its down to me.
Landrover won't give me any info on similar problems and won't answer my questions which are " would a lateral collision like that cause any stress or fracturing of a bolt in the diff; should the Land rover garage have checked the diff when repairing the body damage, tracking etc"
Anyone out there who can help, point me in the right direction.
