went car shopping today..

[chapel gate]

Thanks mate.

 

[chapel gate]

I need aircon....

 

[chapel gate]

other than fitting a new heater blower theres been little work done on the old girl. shes been earning her keep though.

last week after driving back from collecting a load of fire wood there was some very nasty clunking and grinding sounds coming from the rear drivers side wheel. about two seconds later the wheel locked solid. this was interesting at 50 mph.. so after leaving an awesome skid mark on the road i backed up a little and it freed off. not wanting to cause further damage i called in the 80 and towed the 5.2 tons back to base.

should get time to have a look this week.

 

[Bob]

Ooohh errrrr... hope thats not the portal gears

 

[chapel gate]

Tbh I think it is Bob, apparently a bearing can collapse and, well, you can imagine the rest..

 

[Bob]

But I don't want to

 

[nick_the_fish]

i called in the 80 and towed the 5.2 tons back to base.

so 3 tons of 80, 5.2 tons of Unimog and a ton of wood all pulled by an engine thats probably over 20 years old.......

good advert for Toyota

 

[chapel gate]

so 3 tons of 80, 5.2 tons of Unimog and a ton of wood all pulled by an engine thats probably over 20 years old.......

good advert for Toyota

about that yes. i always use low box in these situations to put less strain on the old dear and not to slip the clutch. was quite a funny sight really. plenty of looks from other 4x4 owners.

 

[Jacob100]

Get well soon EMA. Best pub shuttle bus I've ever used.

 

[chapel gate]

lol.
ill pass on the kind words. they will be in stark contrast to the swearing thats surely soon to follow..

 

[clivehorridge]

Bad news that Mike, but what the heck, sonly money...

Are you sure there was only one skid mark ???
Wrestling with that at 50 mph must have put a strain on the old sphincter...

 

[chapel gate]

Bad news that Mike, but what the heck, sonly money...

Are you sure there was only one skid mark ???
Wrestling with that at 50 mph must have put a strain on the old sphincter...

ha ha!
yes, im getting too old for such excitement..

 

[chapel gate]

so, lets have a look..

Laws of leverage..

Spot the ball bearing?
The portal has two gears inside, each with inner and outer bearings. The top one which the half shaft slots into is called the drive gear. The outer bearing has totally collapsed.
The lower gear attaches to the hub and is called the output gear.

interestingly the drive gear outer bearing is old style deep groove ball bearing. the output gear bearing is roller. non are tapered.

will strip the portal tomorrow and see what the rest of the damage is.

 

[chapel gate]

Got the portal on the bench and took the gears and bearings out of the housing;

Note my new form of transport at the moment..

The two ball bearings shouldn't be there..

 

[chapel gate]

No good news in here;

remember the two ball bearings?.

File this lot under fecked;

 

[Jake the Peg]

oh bugger oh bugger oh bugger!

 

[Bob]

Not the view you were hoping for.. ouch

 

[chapel gate]

yes. i was bracing myself for the worst TBH.

for the next time we moan about genuine toyota prices;


"Hi Mike,

I have some prices and availability for gears and bearings:

Housing (Right rear) £857 in stock Germany

Inner bearing for big gear £205 UK stock

Outer bearing for big gear £109 UK stock

Big gear £673 UK stock

Hub seal £58 UK stock

Top gear £416 UK stock

Outer bearing for top gear £48.10

Inner bearing for top gear £56

Circlip for big gear inner bearing £1.25

Shims for inner bearing on big gear need to be measured upon assembly."

all plus VAT. not even available as a complete assemble.

time to visit german and dutch ebay..

 

[goodoldboy]

Bugger and Feck .Good luck with the Ebay search

 

[SteveJB]

Picture 4 of todays lot looks like a Mazda rotary at the back that is a big big ouch any uk breakers for the housing part out there