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Ive a kzj95 manual diesel 560,000kms. Going over the Auckland harbour bridge I thought i was on the rumble strips which signal the side of the road, but i looked again in case i had somehow mistook what i was seeing but i was clearly in the middle of the road. I then thought the road must have a bad surface. Well after about 500m i realised my car was not well. I pulled off the motorway and I put it in neutral which isolated it down to the drive train and not the engine. I then stopped and checked all shafts for play. All were fine.
The next morning i looked under the car and i had a small leak from the front diff flange and some play in it. Considering i lived 300k away i decided to remove the front propshaft and lock the transfercase into HL so i could drive, that helped quite a lot. However 40k up the road there was a bit of a clinking sound and then the pinion nut threw off under the car and into never never land. Luckily i still had the flange but she was dumping oil. I then stuffed her with a cut up rag and got her a few K to somewhere i could work on her which was a grass lawn.
Well i then removed the front driveshafts to isolate the diff from any movement (no inputs or outputs) and i covered up the now open wheel bearings.Well the front dustcap under the hub cap turns out it fits the inside of the wheel where the bearing hole is very well. All i needed was some tape to tape it up and bang it in there to make a good solid seal.
In case anyones front drive train gives out the only thing i think i needed thats not in a general tool box was the 35cm socket to undo the front nut on the driveshaft and a coldchisel to knock out the front axle (although luckily i had one of those)
Well its driving well as a two wheel drive but i live up a gravel road, im a beekeeper and i need to tow my boat some point so i need to rectify this at some stage soonish and if the back diff gives up im really done for. I think what may of happened is that the pinion nut got lose and that meant the pinon shaft lost its preload and things deteriorated from there.
Ive never gone near a diff before so im just enquiring as to some tips as to how i get it out and inspect it, such as do i need to be careful and mark anything, is it under any kind of pressure that i need to watch out for? The diff looks quite small compared to the rear since its arms are the removable front driveshafts/cvs, it doesnt look like its complicated to remove, just a few bolts?
Ive a kzj95 manual diesel 560,000kms. Going over the Auckland harbour bridge I thought i was on the rumble strips which signal the side of the road, but i looked again in case i had somehow mistook what i was seeing but i was clearly in the middle of the road. I then thought the road must have a bad surface. Well after about 500m i realised my car was not well. I pulled off the motorway and I put it in neutral which isolated it down to the drive train and not the engine. I then stopped and checked all shafts for play. All were fine.
The next morning i looked under the car and i had a small leak from the front diff flange and some play in it. Considering i lived 300k away i decided to remove the front propshaft and lock the transfercase into HL so i could drive, that helped quite a lot. However 40k up the road there was a bit of a clinking sound and then the pinion nut threw off under the car and into never never land. Luckily i still had the flange but she was dumping oil. I then stuffed her with a cut up rag and got her a few K to somewhere i could work on her which was a grass lawn.
Well i then removed the front driveshafts to isolate the diff from any movement (no inputs or outputs) and i covered up the now open wheel bearings.Well the front dustcap under the hub cap turns out it fits the inside of the wheel where the bearing hole is very well. All i needed was some tape to tape it up and bang it in there to make a good solid seal.
In case anyones front drive train gives out the only thing i think i needed thats not in a general tool box was the 35cm socket to undo the front nut on the driveshaft and a coldchisel to knock out the front axle (although luckily i had one of those)
Well its driving well as a two wheel drive but i live up a gravel road, im a beekeeper and i need to tow my boat some point so i need to rectify this at some stage soonish and if the back diff gives up im really done for. I think what may of happened is that the pinion nut got lose and that meant the pinon shaft lost its preload and things deteriorated from there.
Ive never gone near a diff before so im just enquiring as to some tips as to how i get it out and inspect it, such as do i need to be careful and mark anything, is it under any kind of pressure that i need to watch out for? The diff looks quite small compared to the rear since its arms are the removable front driveshafts/cvs, it doesnt look like its complicated to remove, just a few bolts?
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