Diff play

[Ade244]

Hi - Just picked up a 16V box from ebay  really should know better but
done it now. Was hoping this one was better than the one I pulled off but...

Noticed some play if you grab the flanges there's some slight up and down and side to side play.
Is this something I can live with or should it be looked at is my question?

If I need to fix it, how simple is this job, can it be done without a full strip down?

Cheers

[Ade244]

Any thoughts? Is a bit of play OK..... or should I dig deeper before bolting it on.

[Wayne]

Any play will be the bearings and it is not easy to replace them

[Ade244]

Cheers I'm thinking of risking it now. I'm suspecting it wasn't rebuilt properly as the previous
owner said it had a rebuild 26K miles ago. Bearing pre load I guess, Seems on searching others have this prob
after a rebuild.

I'll get my other box sorted while this ones in the car at least the cars back on the road, been sat in a garage for a year now waiting for my mojo to come back for it...

[tony_ack]

STOP!

To put it in perspective, I replaced my gearbox BECAUSE of the play in the diff.

Broken diff rivets may also be the culprit. They should have been replaced by bolts if it had a rebuild, but it sounds like that's turning into a big 'if'...

[Sam]

Surely it is more economical to just run with it for now and if it gets worse change the box?