Found steel bits in Rear Diff

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mr turbo

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Had the major service (100k) done on my Forry today (my05 XT man) & they found a couple of small steel bits in the rear diff oil when they changed it. :evil: :madred:

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There is no whining sounds or any other sounds in the diff at the moment, but, they said the diff will need to be replaced / rebuilt in the very near future.

Now, do I go the stock OEM diff again as a replacement, or should I go for something different, which would be better suited for offroading ?

Also is there anyone who could recommend someone to do the job & what sort of $$$ would be a reasonable price.

Any advice would be great.
Thanks in advance.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
carljwnc said:
:sad: Looks like those could be gear teeth. SKT was talking about Cusco, you might look into those.
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Oh yeah.......

You oughta go a Cusco mate :twisted:
I am so keen to start playing with diffs but I would like someone 'else' to do the testing... same old story.
 
Sorry to see your diff is falling to bits! Cusco would be nice - so long as they can cope with the power of the XT.
 
i guess they're really made for racing, so the power should be right
 
Oh, bad news man! Sorry to hear that. Wouldn't it be nice to put in a Locker? I wonder if something made for a Suzi might go close to fitting? I guess if it did, someone would've done it:shrug:
 
hmmm, i was talking to arb and they said they'd have a crack at making something up
 
benwarn said:
hmmm, i was talking to arb and they said they'd have a crack at making something up
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Kevin said:
^That would be excellent!
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Now that would be sweet if they did come up with something :discomonkey:
But I wonder what sort of money they would be charging for one.

As a matter of interest, which ARB (branch, suburb) were you talking to, as I would be very interested in pursuing this further.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
carljwnc said:
:sad: Looks like those could be gear teeth.
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eden said:
dude you should have put fluoride in the gear oil :lol:
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And some listerine aswell :raspberry: :)

Yes I'm keen as mustard (as I said earlier) to learn more about what ARB have in the works. If I get a spare moment tomorrow I give them a call & see what I can find out. Hopefully it's positive news. :iconwink:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
mr turbo said:
And some listerine aswell :raspberry: :)

Yes I'm keen as mustard (as I said earlier) to learn more about what ARB have in the works. If I get a spare moment tomorrow I give them a call & see what I can find out. Hopefully it's positive news. :iconwink:

Regards
Mr Turbo
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If they needed a batch of 5 or 10 to get it done I'd sign up asap :discomonkey:
 
Good luck with ARB,

They actually advertised along with OME ( Old man emu ) to have many parts available for imrpoving Forester / Outback models. However when approaching personally they told me that no plans have ever been put in the pipeline and the ads were a load of horse ****e. STill if they custom make you anything, let us all know so we can get some orders happening and hopefully convince them otherwise! :)
 
well it was in the arb tent at agfest, so i think that was the launceston store
 
benwarn said:
well it was in the arb tent at agfest, so i think that was the launceston store
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Thanks mate.

Well I gave ARB a call today & they are a no go unfortunatly :sadbanana: :cry:

They did however give me the names of a couple of places that I could try.
So I will check them out in the next couple of days to see what they have to say. :) Hopefully it's positive.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
mr turbo said:
Well I gave ARB a call today & they are a no go unfortunatly :sadbanana: :cry:

They did however give me the names of a couple of places that I could try.
So I will check them out in the next couple of days to see what they have to say. :) Hopefully it's positive.

Regards
Mr Turbo
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Well, after checking out these other places, I have again unfortunatly come up empty handed :puke:

However, on a more positive note though, I do have one more option to consider :)
After talking to a friend of mine, who knows a thing or two about cars (Subarus especially) it appears that I can have "extra shims" fitted into the LSD part of the diff. This turns them into almost a locked diff when the LSD cuts in.:discomonkey:

He knows of a Subaru that had it done, & was amazed at how tight the LSD was, almost a locker

I'll make some more inquiries regarding these "extra shims" being fitted & go from there.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
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