Clunk-Crunch - but my tojo diff got me home!
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 04, 2004 at 19:44
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For those who are interested, I drove 200kms back to civilization over some of the harshest terrain imaginable with a broken rear diff in my $4000 project - a 1990 Hzj75 Troopy. It was the ONLY part of the driveline i havent touched! I think i broke it while in a rocky
creek bed - it started making some cruching noises when the rear axle was going over uneven ground. I had 40km of this 1st/2nd gear 4wd terrain before i got back to graded gravel roads here in the
Pilbara WA. I was going to disconnect the rear tailshaft and get back to town on the front diff BUT the troopy persisted and didnt complain if i drove it in a straight line. So I crawled back to town at 45kph and tried not to turn right!!! CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK.....
Needless to say i am fairly impressed with the toyota running gear as it held up so long. When i drained the diff housing the sump plug collected metallic flakes and chips - something has let go - methinks perhaps part of the LSD as i could drive it straight or left - just not right!!
Now..if only toyota would use me in one of their ADVERTS...................
(-BTW- My main 4wd is a GQ Patrol!)
Cheers All
Quartzy