I've just purchased a 55 plate Navara D40 auto.
The chap I bought it from is a good friend of mine. Over the last year or so it's been munching through rear wheel bearings, to the point where one of the bearings checked out whilst he was driving it.
He purchased a used axle from eBay, which we fitted.
However, it has a whine/grinding noise coming from the diff.
This is apparent at any speed above 10mph.
When we changed the oil there were a small amount of filings on the sump plug...
Assume the diff is knackered.
This axle was from a 2007 Nav.
My question is, I've read that the early Navs suffered with soft half-shafts - leading to leaking seals etc.
If this is the case, does anyone know when they were changed to harder ones?
My thinking is, could I get away with using the half-shafts from the 2007 axle, in the original axle... Rather than sourcing another potentially knackered axle.
Cheers
The chap I bought it from is a good friend of mine. Over the last year or so it's been munching through rear wheel bearings, to the point where one of the bearings checked out whilst he was driving it.
He purchased a used axle from eBay, which we fitted.
However, it has a whine/grinding noise coming from the diff.
This is apparent at any speed above 10mph.
When we changed the oil there were a small amount of filings on the sump plug...
Assume the diff is knackered.
This axle was from a 2007 Nav.
My question is, I've read that the early Navs suffered with soft half-shafts - leading to leaking seals etc.
If this is the case, does anyone know when they were changed to harder ones?
My thinking is, could I get away with using the half-shafts from the 2007 axle, in the original axle... Rather than sourcing another potentially knackered axle.
Cheers