Got My Diff Replaced Under Warranty Today, And Guess What ?

[Guest XR09]

My fedrals sound like mud tyres.

The noise is not so much the diff as the way the whole shabangabang is mounted. The diffs although a bit noisey are quite good for the punishment they can take to the price of them. They are cheap crap, but a lot of the blame is not with the diff per say

Edited 10/05/12 03:36 AM by XR09

[bionicxr6t05]

Yeh we have heaps of trouble with shabangabangs hahaha

[Boganspeed]

So, latest news is .....

I took the ute back first thing this morning and took the service guy for a lap around the block and had a minor spew about not test driving the car.

The guy said he'd get onto it as its really loud !

So they called later on and said the foreman wanted to look at it closely before just ordering another diff ( they replace it from wheel nut to wheel nut, not just the centre) in case it was a wheel bearing or something.

So I had another spew to him about not road testing when we took a spin around the block too.

Next thing, he threw it on the hoist and got the stethoscope out. Turns out the noise is not the diff centre, but probably a wheel bearing as its comIng from the right hand end.

This is good news as if it was the diff, I'd have to wait while they ordered a new one in.

If its a wheel bearing, they can change it out for me tomorrow

This all happened after hours there too so I'm happy with the attitude and the effort at fixing their f*ck up.

The down side is that I had to drive home in some poxy Kia mini van POS so they can fix it tomorrow for me

Fingers crossed as the big rims and lowerage are happening saturday.

Friday nights cruise could be fun in my Kia !

Edited 10/05/12 11:09 AM by Boganspeed

[Shyfrd]

Give it sh*t!!! Hahaha

[Boganspeed]

You can laugh now Pal, but you wait till I unleash my Rondo !

It's got sports shift and everything !

[Never had any say Panda]

Big rims and lowerage? Watch out if you're having Diff problems cause they won't touch the diff again under warranty if you drop it..

[bionicxr6t05]

Im guessing its a ute? Dana have been having issues lately, weve had many "new" diffs with rooted bearings

[dre]

They replaced mine when it was very low. Did a half arsed job and it leaked constantly but they still did it.

[Boganspeed]

Latest news is the dealer refitted my old diff assembly, the new one will be sent back and theyll get another one in.

They also did another diff change on a another new ute today and that one was noisier too.

Obviously some issues to be resolved there !

So at least I have my ute back for th WA cruise tonIght.

The original diff if okay for the time being, I can live with it, but the new one would have ground itself to death without a doubt.

[philnmyfalcon]

hey guys

those diffs dont sound much better in the turbo varient then the N/A do.

I just put a turbo motor in my 2003 N/A ba xr6, its now pushing 320 rwkw and am trying to find a joint that does a 9" conversion (not having much luck lol)

although I have come across a joint called "altra 9" that do an IRS 9"... ironically only for a Late model camira at the moment, im hitting him to get some more info on when he'de be able to do one for my ba, I'll post something later on if I get some info....and figure out how to start a new thread.