mjeffers Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 sounds like the drive shaft has been moved into the diff centre & caught on the planet or crown gears, You''ll probably need a new/rebuilt diff, I replaced my front 10 spline diff recently & got it from http://www.crowndiffs.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSIIA Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 If the shunt was heavy enough to damage the diff or its housing, then I would expect the axle would show signs of distortion. Loads fed through just the drive shaft would be likely to have damaged the CV joint, and loading from the axle moving back towards the gearbox could have damaged the propshaft and transfer box forward output. Are all these ok, or do they remain unchecked? It might be worth trying to assess any distortion of the axle case with spirit level, angle gauges, straight edges, etc. It will take a bit of ingenuity, but it should be possible to work out if there has been enough distortion to have damaged the diff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeffers Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 sounds like the drive shaft has been moved into the diff centre & caught on the planet or crown gears, You''ll probably need a new/rebuilt diff, I replaced my front 10 spline diff recently & got it from http://www.crowndiffs.co.uk/ Could this have caught one of the 10 bolts a blow? Appreciate your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeffers Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 If the shunt was heavy enough to damage the diff or its housing, then I would expect the axle would show signs of distortion. Loads fed through just the drive shaft would be likely to have damaged the CV joint, and loading from the axle moving back towards the gearbox could have damaged the propshaft and transfer box forward output. Are all these ok, or do they remain unchecked?It might be worth trying to assess any distortion of the axle case with spirit level, angle gauges, straight edges, etc. It will take a bit of ingenuity, but it should be possible to work out if there has been enough distortion to have damaged the diff. cheers, I have another visit to the garage with a vehicle expert, I'll raise that in my best french. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Could this have caught one of the 10 bolts a blow?Appreciate your help possible or the shaft has sheared & a small part has caused further damge to the crown gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeffers Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 possible or the shaft has sheared & a small part has caused further damge to the crown gear. thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeffers Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Just to let you know that I won against my insurance company. Finally got them to admit that it was the accident that caused the damage. Took a third review but got there in the end, persistence pays. Thanks for your posts. Basically the drive to wheels was shunted into the diff, causing damage was the upshot. Commonsense overcomes insurance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 good to read you got a satisfactory result, have the damaged parts been replaced ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuntman Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 You should try to push for a rebuilt axle and diff, or at least get the pay out and stick a new secondhand one in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roybatty666 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I have a good rear 10 spline diff going for free if your close or cover postage? It was reconned a few years ago but the car has done less then 10k on it and has very little slack in it Give me a shout if your intrested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roybatty666 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I have a good rear 10 spline diff going for free if your close or cover postage?It was reconned a few years ago but the car has done less then 10k on it and has very little slack in it Give me a shout if your intrested Ah front diff (I must learn to read!!!) I do have one of those as well which was meant to have been a refurb one as well but the axle has some slack in it which it is coming out of but I think that is the cvs not the diff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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