80 series front axel slipping

[scottmcguinness172]

hey all i went fourwheelin last weekend and i thought i stripped a hib on the drivers side but i got home and its not stripped or the axel isnt. when there is a load on the fron diff its makin a clunking/grinding sound any ideas of what it could be im thinking its the side gear on the diff any help or ideas would be great

regards scott

[RUFF]

Broken CV?

[scottmcguinness172]

i dont think its a broken cv cause i can drive along in 4wd and it doesnt make a noise its just when its underload

[DNA Off Road]

The bell of the CV might have cracked and spread enough to let the axel spin? All would seem fine until some torque is applied and then the bell spreads allowing the axel shaft to rotate?

[dow50r]

Drive flange is flogged out....common on early 80's till 93

[scottmcguinness172]

its not the drive flange andrew i have a part time kit i puit the old flange on to see if it was the hub but its not

[dow50r]

its not the drive flange andrew i have a part time kit i puit the old flange on to see if it was the hub but its not

Ok, so you have the marks adapter kit in the transfer, or do u have a dx back there?
Sounds like most probably the c/v inner is cracked and opening up then....you could chek by making sure the front shaft is spinning when the wheels dont.....

Dare i ask....what did you do before this started happening??? some serious 4wding???
Andrew

[scottmcguinness172]

i wasnt goin that hard just doin this track and the drivers front was under the front guard and i went to clumb um and bang and grind grind grind had to get winched out buy a pootrol how embarasing but the cruisr didnt want to give up dragged the pootrol 2 foot had to hook her up to another car

[guerd87]

weve tried different hub to check we didnt blow a hub

we then replaced hub with stock AWD plate and the axle itself wasnt spinning inside the flange, so it is slipping in further then eye can see

Andrw, running a part time kit from goannware i think its called, we were running it with some shitness hubs, and as you know cuase you sold us the last one, 1 has already broken

sounds like you are pulling a CV apart this weekend scott

[scottmcguinness172]

yea lucky for u u arnt here its all good not to worry ya get that when ya go 4wdin u have a good suprise when u get home

[dow50r]

Hope its a c/v....axles are harder to find, diff gears about thesame... and the part time kit you definately dont want to shit itself whatever it is, if you need spares, let me know...the yota hubs are usually ok....hope your putting an extra circlip behind the securing one on the FWH to take up the xtra play....

[scottmcguinness172]

what do u mean buy putting a extra circlip behind the main one just get another one and put it behind it?