annoying rover diffs !

[extreme90]

im on me forth back diff now  :shock:  changed it tonight after work, only took a hour, not a problem, quite a expert at changine diffs now  :P  , but im fed up now as the stock of diff's has dried up and i want to no what is causing the pinion bearings to fail on me all the while ?
be steady on me leadboots  :oops:  lol ....break it to me gentely

[Xtremeteam]

well amke sure there's oil init is always a good start,specially with you doing challenge events,ill say more when i come in from the garage

[extreme90]

really  :shock:   and heres me thinking they run better in fresh air  :P  :P  lol, yeh theres oil in, breather aint blocked, no dredded water getting in, dont keep my foot to the floor as the front end starts to lift when goin up hill
baffles me  :?

[Xtremeteam]

u got lockers?

[extreme90]

put them in for events ! standard 3.54.1 or what ever it is lol in for the playdays and practacing, and they are the ones that are breaking, but eveytime it is the pinion bearings that fail on  me !
ive got a 2 inch lift with std prop.....i wunder if it is the prop putting strain on the diffs  :? its nearly at the end of its slip !
and all the diffs that have gone in....i know the history of them and non of them have been offroaded or abused

[muddyweb]

but eveytime it is the pinion bearings that fail on  me !
ive got a 2 inch lift with std prop.....i wunder if it is the prop putting strain on the diffs  :? its nearly at the end of its slip !

That's exactly what I was going to suggest...  repeated failure of pinion bearings is either a sign that you are very unlucky with the diffs you are putting in, or an external force being applied on them.

[extreme90]

yes well i could have been 3rd time lucky...but ooooo no  :shock:  bang goes another 1 lol, i never had this problem before it was lifted, so its got to be the shaft, cant be anything else, there is a template for a prop spacer on the forum somewhere, what do you recomend...spacer to go inbertween prop and flange or get a longer prop ?

i wounder how long it takes me to break this one ?  :?   my bet.....tomorrow night  :P

[ferret]

Just fit a salisbury axle as they are much stronger. Go for a disc breaked one and the only mod needed will be the prop as it needs to be 2" shorter.
Cost around £180 for a wide angle fron gone2far.

[extreme90]

no dont want anything dangling any further underneath, the rover diffs are bad enough , good job those diff guards work  :shock: