100 Series IFS Front Diff

Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 05, 2006 at 22:16
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Last Saturday, we were conducting a basic 4WD driving course in some sandhills on private property when one of the participants had his front diff decide to chit it's self. OK so it happens to lots of them like the 3.0 litre Nissans blowing donks. The guy rang the RAA and requested a Tilt tray be sent out to recover the vehicle as he didn't want to risk voiding the warranty by driving the vehicle any further than he had to. RAA guy comes out and says we can't tow a vehicle over 2 tonne and RAA contractor doesn't have a Tilt Tray truck. All he could do is get out the jumper leads and jump start the car. That's not the problem we said, we need a truck. I can arrange a truck to come out but weekend call out rate is $250.00. The truck is owned by the same company's crash repair division.
My question is " If the RAA (plus membership) can't recover a vehicle over 2 tonne and it's not on a designated road, what's the point of having RAA or equivilant membership?"
None that I can think of.

Just before everyone starts going off about the front diffs letting go, it wasn't doing a reverse snatch or reversing backwards up a hill. I know of a mechanic at Port Augusta who has replaced around 8 diffs in the last 2 years and that doesn't include mine.
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