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Have I cooked a newly rebuilt diff?


Robster

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Car is live axle..freshly rebuilt quaiffe ATB with a good 2nd hand CWP.

 

Silverstone last night, the diff has been run gently for 450 miles. The track was very hot, lots of grip and coming out of a long sweeping bend on the power, my until now silent diff starts the familliar ('they all do that') whine which stayed from then on!

 

Have I cooked a bearing? The diff is baffled to try to prevent oil surge.

 

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

Robster

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Questions:

1) Does it whine on, drive, over-run or drift?

2) In neutral (drift to a halt) is the whine there right until the point of stopping?

 

Yes to any in 1 - it's the gear set.

 

Yes to 2 - it's invariably the pinion bearings, usually the nose.

 

Answers please on a ..................

 

Steve B

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Andy

 

Yes, you did meet me (and my girlfriend) admiring your car. It looks fantastic, sounds great and is my dream spec/colour etc!!!!

 

You still seemed to get a bit of track time despite the noise thing strapped to the silencer.

 

Cheers!

 

Robin

R7RDC, Green and Yellow Xflow.

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Managed about six or seven laps before the car died!!!!

 

Nothing serious, just a chaffed fuel pump lead. (Fuses kept blowing)

 

It was a good evening though!

 

Hope the Diff problem isn't too bad. Mine's noisy but you can't hear it above the row the

exhaust makes smile.gif

 

 

 

 

 

Andy Marks

vhpd7@btclick.com

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