[ROVERNET - UK] P6 Rear Axle

John Burkhard burkhaj at earthlink.net
Tue May 30 04:56:59 BST 2006


Thank you for your input.  I will pass this on to the owner.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Smith" <Paul.Smith at auroraenergy.com.au>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 3:59 PM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] P6 Rear Axle


> Yes well asked Vern.
> I have not had Any problem with a P6 diff.  For 2 to fail does not sound
> right to me.
> I now have an oil weep from the LH stub, so I need to rebuild the spare 
> in
> preparation.
>
> PVS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf Of Vern Klukas
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 May 2006 7:40 am
> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] P6 Rear Axle
>
>
> If the hubs had too much preload, I would expect them to overheat and
> fail long before the diff.
>
> Could you provide more details.4cyl or V8? Exactly what was the
> failure? Did the gears strip? I presume you are talking about the
> small gears inside the diff carrier, not the crown and pinion gear.
> Did the stub axles fail?
>
> Yours
> Vern
>
>
>
>
>>There is a P6 out here that is having problems with the
>>differential.  The owner, not having a computer asked me to ask all
>>of you for some help.  The car had been in storage for some time.
>>He got the car running and everything at the rear seemed normal for
>>about 600 or so miles.  Then the rear hubs were determined to need
>>rebuilding.  This was done with new bearings, seals and crush
>>spacers.  Just after this service was performed the differential
>>problem started.  After just a few days of driving the differential
>>side and pinion gears failed.  The complete rear axle assembly was
>>replaced with a used unit and the same thing happened again.  My
>>first thought is that the rear hubs pre-load was incorrectly set.
>>An other ideas?  Thank you for the help.  jb
>>
>>
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