@Shayne once I drop the drive shafts to change the UJs, am I going to run into any issues reinstalling it by hand?
Just thinking that the sliding part of the rear driveshaft that takes out the slack will be putting a fair bit of force on the rear diff and transfer case, and I might struggle to overcome this myself...
Nah i didn't have a clue what i was doing the first time and nobody to pass me a spanner either , theres no weight/pressure holding it in just the bolts .
Mark it so if you do what i did picking it up forgetting its two parts letting the inner shaft fall out you can slide it back in on the same splines where it was balanced at the factory .
Hmmm i was about to add the bolts are splined though its as soft as margarine so turn the nuts rather than the bolts but it doesn't really matter because without knowing until it was off and turning both ends i still reused them without problems .
- Removed both prop shafts, cleaned them out and regreased
- Checked the connections at the diffs and transfer box for play
- Changed the front and rear diff oil
- Changed out the front sway bar bushes
No issues found and still had a massive clunk on gear change... caved in and took it to the mechanics who do my MOT. Took them a few hours but they found the culprit...
My RHS rear radius arm has a bush with a slight split in it and it's allowing the rear diff to rotate about the axis and causing a bit of a slab when the bolt comes into contact with the bush cylinder. Solution? Nip the nut tighter...problem solved.
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