Hi Guys,
Finished work this evening got in the car and pulled from a layby into a fairly large gap in traffic only for a fairly loud bang followed by a series of "bumps".... stopped and hazards on!!!! Wasnt at this point surprized, I noticed a hum from the rear of the car, I thought it was exhaust related, I thought wrong..... so I put the car in nuetral and allowed the car to roll back into the layby...... the bumps continued but were a lot less severe in neutral or at least seemed to be than in reverse......
Jacked the car up to find the rear diff fluid dropping all over the road.... further in vestigation seemed to show a crack in the diff casing......
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In the above image it seems to run in the left hand section of the diff casing from the bolt.......
I'm assuming that I need to replace the unit alone..... is this the case, is it likely that the drive/prop shafts are damaged?
I looked at a few threads on here and there seems to be a few options available.....
I currently have/had the AYC type S diff..... I could replace with, type S AYC diff (like for like), type V non-AYC, STR non-AYC, SAYC from an EVO 8, AYC diff from an EVO 4-8, type v or STR diff with evo internals.......
Now I was under the impression that the AYC diff was the better handling, but evidently it doesnt handle the use/abuse...... essentially I want the car back on the road, handling as well as it did if not better.......
I cant afford for the car to be off the road for long as it's my daily driver... so ideally whats floating around here or in peoples garages...... anything considered and any advice will be appreciated........