Diff whine 2004 110 95K miles

Hi all,

Felt it was about time so joined and thought i would start right of the bat by asking all you experts for some assistance, cheeky i know, but.....

A month or two back i noticed this low level whine apparently from the rear somewhere and since then its slowly getting worse - well no better anyway. Its still at the stage where when you get above about 40mph its drowned by wind and road noise but at lower speeds and under load acceleration or deceleration its there, it comes and goes with engaging and disengaging the clutch so i am thinking its probably from the diff - guess it could be UJ's but there is no vibration.

This weekend i plan to pull I plan to pull the rear prop and half shafts and do some runs with the diff lock on to see if its still there, if it's vanished i guess i can safely say its a diff bearing, if its still there maybe the transfer box?

The oil looks clean under a finger dip test (just like it did when it was changed last year) but i but i have yet to drain it and look for evidence.

If the above makes sense and it proves to be the diff does the following parts list seem to cover it. Living in the Caribbean shipping parts is expensive so i need to do my best to get all i will need in one shot.

Diff parts list

Carrier Roller bearings *2
spyder gear thrust washer
inner pinion bearing
inner pinion bearing shim
filler plug washer
drain plug washer
outer bearing shim
outer pinion bearing
outer pinion bearing end washer
bearing retainer gasket
pinion oil seal
mud shield for drive flange
diff to axel gasket

cheers

steve

If you wanted to 'start right of the bat' then the intro section would have been the correct place

Have you also jacked it up to check wheel bearings before stripping the diff?

Apologies for that omission kwakerman, it has now been corrected.

Yea i did all the wheel bearings last year but i jacked up the rear as a first look, the bearings sound fine, i will check them visually before stripping the diff but its not the usual bearing noise, i've done a few in my to many years.

cheers

sandtgale said:

Apologies for that omission kwakerman, it has now been corrected.

Yea i did all the wheel bearings last year but i jacked up the rear as a first look, the bearings sound fine, i will check them visually before stripping the diff but its not the usual bearing noise, i've done a few in my to many years.

cheers

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is it a salisbury diff with unboltable rear cover

sorry james, having real issues with logging on and passwords here, no, its the rover diff

sandtgale said:

sorry james, having real issues with logging on and passwords here, no, its the rover diff

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same applies except you cant remove rear cover to check