El Andrew Legacy Donating Member 2,040 Member For: 11y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 19/06/18 11:13 PM Posted 19/06/18 11:13 PM Hey guys. Any thoughts on this one before I book it in or get dirty? This morning my BA XR6T (sedan, A4) started making a clunking in the rear. Seems like the left, but pretty hard to tell. Gets louder and faster with speed, so seems to be something that rotates. Becomes noticeable about 30 kph or so. Does it turning left, turning right and straight ahead. Is still there if I lift off the accelerator, however it becomes much quieter or goes away if I shift into neutral and coast. Really came out of nowhere too - one minute it was fine, next minute it was noisy. I'm thinking a half shaft or wheel bearing, but seems odd that it started so quickly.
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,104 Member For: 18y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 20/06/18 12:26 AM Posted 20/06/18 12:26 AM could be tailshaft centre bearing...
El Andrew Legacy Donating Member 2,040 Member For: 11y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 20/06/18 12:38 AM Author Posted 20/06/18 12:38 AM Hopefully not - the one in there only has 20k on it!
El Andrew Legacy Donating Member 2,040 Member For: 11y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 22/06/18 04:57 AM Author Posted 22/06/18 04:57 AM Just got the call - diff is done and needs to be overhauled. They reckon a tooth broke off something and will be about $2.5k. They are going to give me some options when I pick it up.Will start some research.
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,104 Member For: 18y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/06/18 05:01 AM Posted 22/06/18 05:01 AM bugger... seems like a job you'll end up doing yourself to save $1k.
El Andrew Legacy Donating Member 2,040 Member For: 11y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 22/06/18 05:15 AM Author Posted 22/06/18 05:15 AM Yeah could be, except I need the car! Need to look into all the options, but going second hand etc doesn't really seem worth it - should do it properly if I'm investing that much time or money.Cars, hey.
El Andrew Legacy Donating Member 2,040 Member For: 11y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 22/06/18 06:14 AM Author Posted 22/06/18 06:14 AM At the risk of a knee-jerk reaction, $9k on car sales gets you a stock July 07 BF with 146k on it and a ZF.Could nick the exhaust, wideband and new turbo out of mine, take my time chucking in a new diff centre and then sell it...
4321 Legacy Donating Member 257 Member For: 12y 5m 27d Posted 22/06/18 07:17 AM Posted 22/06/18 07:17 AM If you want a drive to Campbelltown on gumtree ba diff & cradle with IMS hat $1500
El Andrew Legacy Donating Member 2,040 Member For: 11y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 22/06/18 07:39 AM Author Posted 22/06/18 07:39 AM Thanks mate. Yeah I'm open to options now, as the mechanic wants the car for a week, so doing it myself is therefore more viable. Trying a few other places too. Edit: should I fit a single spinner for safety guys? 1
camo86T Legacy Donating Member 1,810 Member For: 12y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 22/06/18 12:09 PM Posted 22/06/18 12:09 PM Safest option would be to piss the diff off altogether and turn it into a wheelBArrow see what I did there 1
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