Willy Eckerslike
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: N Yorks
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Site Sponsor Metal Monster Junk has plenty of front diffs give them a ring  Club Pie n Pea
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 27th May 2015 6:41 pm |
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BBB
Member Since: 01 Apr 2015
Location: Chester
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£312 is a good price, if its going to fail it will fail in 3 months
Any info whether it has had an overhaul or what mileage car it came off There is no I in team, but there are five in Individual Brilliance
Disco gone, emigrated to a VW Amarok
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| 27th May 2015 8:25 pm |
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nismotec
Member Since: 24 Apr 2015
Location: bournemouth
Posts: 62
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would an oil change in the diff not be worth a try 1st? mine rumbled a tad at 40mph. so I dropped the oil, cleaned a fair bit of swarf of the magnetic plug and refilled with some good quality diff oil. the noise has now gone. 
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| 27th May 2015 9:51 pm |
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nismotec
Member Since: 24 Apr 2015
Location: bournemouth
Posts: 62
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 just re read ALL the posts and uve already done this. just ignore me. Although I forgot to say mine wasn't instantly quieter. it took a few miles
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| 27th May 2015 9:56 pm |
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Newks
Member Since: 31 Jan 2015
Location: Kinloss
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No unfortunately no info of the mileage of the car it came off of I had a look at their site and they have a few disco 3's that they are breaking
Nismotec cheers for tha info my wife uses it every day so we will soon see if the noise goes after a few miles
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| 28th May 2015 6:24 am |
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Newks
Member Since: 31 Jan 2015
Location: Kinloss
Posts: 69
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Tried metal monster junk And they only have front diffs for disco 4's at the moment
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| 28th May 2015 5:58 pm |
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Newks
Member Since: 31 Jan 2015
Location: Kinloss
Posts: 69
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Quick update! Finally got a diff from cws 4x4 and have changed it out, she now runs without the annoying noise so thanks for all the input much appreciated
Cheers
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| 28th Jun 2015 3:42 pm |
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eenomc
Member Since: 07 Oct 2013
Location: Moray
Posts: 173
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Just putting the front diff back in mine after rebuilding and replacing the bearings. Looking forward to quiet running
Glad you got it sorted.
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| 28th Jun 2015 7:29 pm |
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Znatan
Member Since: 03 Apr 2015
Location: Israel
Posts: 47
 
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Hello. So is that the case for me too I read? I got this grinding noise just few days ago when foot off the gas pedal. I guess it started after some off-roading recently. Purchased d3 2007 recently with 200k km. do you think changing the oil ASAP can prevent diff replacement? Or there is no hope ?
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| 28th Jun 2015 7:33 pm |
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eenomc
Member Since: 07 Oct 2013
Location: Moray
Posts: 173
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Based on the state of my bearings I would say the damage is already done but regular oil changes might slow down the deterioration.
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| 28th Jun 2015 9:15 pm |
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Newks
Member Since: 31 Jan 2015
Location: Kinloss
Posts: 69
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I had the oil changed in mine as a hope it would cure it but unfortunately no joy, I got a second hand diff and changed it out and the noise is now gone, you can get diff bearing kits but I'm not sure how much of a pain it is to redo them, I have bought a set and now have someone refurbish my old one so I'll at least have a spare just in case.
Hope you get it sorted
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| 29th Jun 2015 5:19 pm |
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Znatan
Member Since: 03 Apr 2015
Location: Israel
Posts: 47
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Hi, i would like to see if the noise I'm hearing is same what you had.. I recorded 2 slight accelerations and noise comes right after it. Volume max pls. Can be hard to hear.. But u will hear it...
Thanks
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| 1st Jul 2015 6:08 pm |
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Newks
Member Since: 31 Jan 2015
Location: Kinloss
Posts: 69
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Hi mate, i couldn't really make out the noise on the video. I can't even think the best way to describe the noise I had, it was like a really bad wheel bearing noise! That was why I had the wheel bearings checked first. It only happened with me when I was at about 50, 60 mph then I'd let my foot off the accelerator and it would sound like a bad rumble.
Hope you get it sorted but if you can get a video with better sound I'll tell you if it was similar to mine
Cheers
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| 1st Jul 2015 6:36 pm |
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eenomc
Member Since: 07 Oct 2013
Location: Moray
Posts: 173
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Difficult to hear but if your symptoms are as described by newks then its more than likely the diff. My noise was identical to his. It was the carrier bearing on the left that had begun disintegrating.
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| 1st Jul 2015 6:43 pm |
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Znatan
Member Since: 03 Apr 2015
Location: Israel
Posts: 47
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Thanks guys!!
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| 1st Jul 2015 7:20 pm |
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