diff woes

[ade666]

hi all. matilda my off road disco(its been offthe road for nearly a year) has an issue with the rear diff. first the prop end seal is leaking, not a big deal but when i was last under there you could move the prop end up down left and right. does this mean its cream crackered and if so can i use a 24 spline front diff instead and change the prop

[TDi90]

just replace the diff. not expensive for a second hand one!

[Eeyore]

Sounds like the diff input bearing is dead. It can be replaced, and whilst the diff is out check the state of the rest of it. If it's all a little lunched then, as TD90 says, get a 2nd hand one, they ain't that expensive. Or just say to heck and get a complete axle (which'll cost you £125, or less, on the open market, if you look).

You may find it's taken the prop UJ with it (they have a tendancy to do that), but swapping one of them is neither difficult nor expensive (parts a way less than a tenner!).

HTH

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore