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was driving along yesterdy as normal and noticed a bit of shaking/ slight wine. Anyway it go worse undone the diff bung and now theres metal filings in there. I dont have the money to fix it at the moment and i think im over it. was thinking of a $1 auction on trade me. but on the other hand im to worried id get nothing for it. Its a 60 serries with diff locks 15x10 rims reg and wof has winch. I dont know what todo

yea seen that but its my rear diff and want to keep it as a diff lock. i might take it out and see what the damage is .It might beable to be fixed. The cable diff lokers are hard to get

Id go with the trademe $1 reserve

I'll get you a Jimmy's pie from Roxbrough for $4 and take it off your hands

will pull diff head out 2mrw and see how bad it is. Im hoping i can get parts for it or maybe take it to metal spray and have it built up. It was going good as gold then she just turnt to custard

i will swap ya for my truck mines running

mine runs fine just that it now has a bad diff. I was in the process of getting it ready for a paint job. Have taken the roof back to bare metal no rust even around the sun roof . Its to good to wreck would be a shame to part it out

land bruiser wrote:yea seen that but its my rear diff and want to keep it as a diff lock. i might take it out and see what the damage is .It might beable to be fixed. The cable diff lokers are hard to get

Did you post a question? he did say other parts for sale?

or look for a LN130 3vz ssr rear diff for the time being 4.5 LSD

I need to find out if the diff housings are the same as the none diff lock model. i see he has a lsd on there aswell ive got it on my watch list

Allso i dont know what the gearing is of mine . My diffs came out of a 1986 vx 12h turbo manaul

land bruiser wrote:I need to find out if the diff housings are the same as the none diff lock model. i see he has a lsd on there aswell ive got it on my watch list

Allso i dont know what the gearing is of mine . My diffs came out of a 1986 vx 12h turbo manaul

well you might aswell unbolt the drive shaft? its going to have to come off anyway right? and then tell us what colour the paint is on the inside of the flange

yep will do ive left it at work so will get back to you 2mrw night

pull the front diff out and put it in the back it will fit as the open diff will accommodate the longer OE locker axle.

leave the front shaft off and fit a piece of plywood over the hole for the front diff. start with 1 10mm hole and use a hammer to make where to drill the next hole by placing the ply over the studs and tapping the back of the ply marking where the next highest studs are

the oe locker will have two studs that are longer than the rest that is where the plunger is take the two studs out and replace them with donner studs off the front axle. use the double nut locked together method to remove and replace the studs

now you are mobile you have time to repair the rear diff or look for a second hand unit

Pull diffhead out and find out exactly what has broken - may only need a new crown wheel and pinnon in which case you can keep the rest of your diff and your lockers. After you know what is wrong maybe buy a 2nd hand diff and burgle the bits you need off it.

Took diff head out today. gears are algood and looks like its has shit the bearings at the front. Lucky for me . Im going to carry on get the dints done new paint and stickers on the sides and put her up for sale. ive had my fun in it time for a change

Crash bandicoot wrote:

land bruiser wrote:I need to find out if the diff housings are the same as the none diff lock model. i see he has a lsd on there aswell ive got it on my watch list

Allso i dont know what the gearing is of mine . My diffs came out of a 1986 vx 12h turbo manaul

well you might aswell unbolt the drive shaft? its going to have to come off anyway right? and then tell us what colour the paint is on the inside of the flange

There was no paint on the inside of the flange

land bruiser wrote:

Crash bandicoot wrote:

land bruiser wrote:I need to find out if the diff housings are the same as the none diff lock model. i see he has a lsd on there aswell ive got it on my watch list

Allso i dont know what the gearing is of mine . My diffs came out of a 1986 vx 12h turbo manaul

well you might aswell unbolt the drive shaft? its going to have to come off anyway right? and then tell us what colour the paint is on the inside of the flange

There was no paint on the inside of the flange

12 h turbo manual was 3.73 to one the autos were were 4.11 to one.

unfortunatley the hilux diff isn't an exact ratio match the closest suited one would be a G545. at 3.90 to one

Crash bandicoot wrote:unfortunatley the hilux diff isn't an exact ratio match the closest suited one would be a G545. at 3.90 to one

Hilux diff wont fit in a cruiser any way, They're a different size.

LOLYF wrote:

Crash bandicoot wrote:unfortunatley the hilux diff isn't an exact ratio match the closest suited one would be a G545. at 3.90 to one

Hilux diff wont fit in a cruiser any way, They're a different size.

the pinion and crown will. that's why he needs a diff code that starts with G cause the bearing sizes match the cruiser.

Didn't say the housing would match, the internals will

Crash bandicoot wrote:

LOLYF wrote:

Crash bandicoot wrote:unfortunatley the hilux diff isn't an exact ratio match the closest suited one would be a G545. at 3.90 to one

Hilux diff wont fit in a cruiser any way, They're a different size.

the pinion and crown will. that's why he needs a diff code that starts with G cause the bearing sizes match the cruiser.

Didn't say the housing would match, the internals will

Nah hilux is 8" and 60 series cruiser is 9"

Crash bandicoot wrote:the pinion and crown will. that's why he needs a diff code that starts with G cause the bearing sizes match the cruiser.

Guess again.

it turns out i got real lucky that the diff isnt completely stuffed. a year ago i bought the hj61 for the diffs to put into my 60 serries. Once i got them in my truck the rear diff lock didnt work. Turned out that the bolt that moves the diff lock gear into place was broken. Removed diff head to find no broken bits of bolt or not even any sign of it. So thought prevous owner had removed it.

So my diff is now in bits and i cant beleave that after a year that broken bolt head has been sitting in the front of the diff between the bearings. the bearings are buggered and the crush bearing suffered the worst. there is no damage what so ever to any of the Gears / Teeth.

Seems strange there has been no noise nothing. The funny thing is that the head of the bolt isnt munched up it still looks good as??

Here is the bolt that done the damage

New diff bearing kit and spacer all back together and running sweet as again. $250 all up lucky i went a head and pulled it out as i was expecting the worst. I got very lucky there was no other damage