Front Diff Noise

[BigMark]

God i hate my land rover "sometimes"

Driving along i can hear a noise sounds like a turning noise coming from the Front Diff. Gets faster as you go faster and so on. I know you should hear a noise of sorts but this is rather Metallic. sounds like a knocking noise as if something wasnt quite lined up or loose.

Another way to describe it is - sometimes when you change gear you can hear the pick up of slack - like this but on every rotation of the prop.

I havent long changed the pinion seal - not that i think i could have done anything wrong doing that! and i have greased up my props not so long ago.
I have also put a 200tdi engine and gearbox in it. But the diffs should be the same for an N/A

is there anything obvious i could check if i took the dif apart or is it all too complicated in there?

[bertie_bas205]

Drain yer diff oil, if theres heaps of swarf comes out with the oil its a sure indication something aint right. Remove the prop and see if there is movement on the pinion. Might explain why the seal went in the first place. I take it you have done the basic things like check wheel bearings, props UJ's etc??????

If in doubt get some help as it's a fairly big job to remove the front diff... Two heads are better than one and you don't want to go through all that work and find out its something silly!




Bertie.