Funonthefarm

Active Member

• Apr 4, 2020

• #1

Just a quick one, any thoughts as to why the rear axel of a 90 td5 would be really stiff, it will roll but with high resistance.

Any ideas would be great, before I have to strip it down!

 

Lief Zpring

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• Apr 4, 2020

• #2

Sicking transmission brake perhaps.

 

Funonthefarm

Active Member

• Apr 4, 2020

• #3

Sorry should have said, the Landy is in bits, full re chassis.... so it’s just the axel on its own.

front is free as anything

 

Lief Zpring

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• Apr 4, 2020

• #4

How was it before the strip down? How has it been stored and for how long?

 

Knappster

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Full Member

• Apr 4, 2020

• #5

Wheel bearing perhaps.

 

Funonthefarm

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• Apr 4, 2020

• #6

Tbh can really say, drove fine, would say standing for around 2 months. Both wheels feel about the same to try and rotate by hand.

 

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gse1986

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• Apr 5, 2020

• #7

if its just the axle....and it feels fine by hand....could it be you dont have the rear a frame on so its slightly out of alignment?

 

Funonthefarm

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• Apr 5, 2020

• #8

gse1986 said:

if its just the axle....and it feels fine by hand....could it be you dont have the rear a frame on so its slightly out of alignment?

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I think its the axel itself. I took it off to clean up and it was stiff then. I presumed the brakes had bound a little with it sitting. So took the callipers off completely. This did free it up a little but still really hard to rotate by hand. Just wondered if there was anything obvious to look at first before ripping the whole axel apart! Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

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gse1986

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• Apr 5, 2020

• #9

ah sorry i misread. I thought you meant they felt fine bt hand.

I would pull out the drive shafts, that way you can exclude the diff. if its lose without the drive shafts, its the diff, if its the same then you know its either bearings, brakes etc. You might evne find that one is ok and the other not - not sure how it would work with the diff if an issue on one would affect both wheels or not.

 

Funonthefarm

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• Apr 5, 2020

• #10

gse1986 said:

ah sorry i misread. I thought you meant they felt fine bt hand.

I would pull out the drive shafts, that way you can exclude the diff. if its lose without the drive shafts, its the diff, if its the same then you know its either bearings, brakes etc. You might evne find that one is ok and the other not - not sure how it would work with the diff if an issue on one would affect both wheels or not.

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Thanks for the advice, will have a look and see what happens.