As some of you will know my gearbox developed an oil leak over the weekend.
The box is now stripped and the fault looks to have been the diff bolts, one has snapped off and chewed it's way into the casing, another one snapped as it was being removed.
All the bolts show signs of being polished up as if the ring gear has been moving whilst in there.
I've spoken to the company who supplied me the diff and their words were along the lines of "we've never had that happen before it only happens when there not fitted correctly" i've also spoken direct to peloquin who have said the same thing but have offered to replace the bolt kit under.
I trust the guy who fitted it 100% as he's done work for me in the past and he's been in the trade a long time working on all manner of vehicles.
He followed the instructions from peloquin and torqued everything as specified.
One of his opinions is that the washers are to soft and over time the bolts have hammered their way into these which has meant they've worked loose causing the ring gear movement and subsequently meant the breakage has occured.
I've come off lucky considering as the repairs will hopefully only cost a couple of hundred pounds but my biggest concern is it happening again, we're currently looking into an upgraded bolt and washer set up but im looking for peoples opinions as to why they think this has happened.
Some pics posted below.
The box is now stripped and the fault looks to have been the diff bolts, one has snapped off and chewed it's way into the casing, another one snapped as it was being removed.
All the bolts show signs of being polished up as if the ring gear has been moving whilst in there.
I've spoken to the company who supplied me the diff and their words were along the lines of "we've never had that happen before it only happens when there not fitted correctly" i've also spoken direct to peloquin who have said the same thing but have offered to replace the bolt kit under.
I trust the guy who fitted it 100% as he's done work for me in the past and he's been in the trade a long time working on all manner of vehicles.
He followed the instructions from peloquin and torqued everything as specified.
One of his opinions is that the washers are to soft and over time the bolts have hammered their way into these which has meant they've worked loose causing the ring gear movement and subsequently meant the breakage has occured.
I've come off lucky considering as the repairs will hopefully only cost a couple of hundred pounds but my biggest concern is it happening again, we're currently looking into an upgraded bolt and washer set up but im looking for peoples opinions as to why they think this has happened.
Some pics posted below.
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