front axel problem

[acercam]

About 5 days ago I started to notice a poping, grinding huming noises coming from my front axel when ever I turned. I have since stopped driving my disco to fix whatevers wrong, yesterday I was yard driving it to listen for noises I turned right and heard a pop and my whole car lurched upwards. what do you guys think 3rd member or cv joints?

I have a spare 3rd and I can get CVs.

Thanks guysatriot:

 

[gmookher]

get under there and have a look the internet is not gonna fix it

does one wheel turn the other way when you turn one with the axle in the air?

suspension ok? inspect shaft?

 

[d1driver]

Cheapest and quickest check - drain the fluid from the 3rd. If has metal in it like crazy, you found your problem.

My guess is a cv, which are easy to fix.

 

[D Chapman]

Gonna guess the 3rd member.

Pull it apart and see what's going on.

 

[KyleT]

dan, that is horrible.

 

[ratboy]

lock the transfer case and leave the transmission in park. jack up the front axle so that both front tires do not touch the ground and see if you can rotate the wheels. spinning one will spin the other the opposite way(unless you have some form of auto locking diff). listen for any noises . if all is fine, unlock the center diff chock one wheel and repeat.report back with the results.

 

[KngTgr]

I used to get similar symptoms on my 96 DI every once in a while, I think the problem was the output bearing in the TC

 

[ptschram]

I'm betting a CV joint that blowed up from running dry or with a bunch of water in the swivel.

 

[acercam]

Thanks everyone for the replies,

My friends and I are tearing the front axel apart as Im typing this.

lock the transfer case and leave the transmission in park. jack up the front axle so that both front tires do not touch the ground and see if you can rotate the wheels. spinning one will spin the other the opposite way(unless you have some form of auto locking diff). listen for any noises . if all is fine, unlock the center diff chock one wheel and repeat.report back with the results.

Did that, and the drivers front was locked and the passengers was free spinning.

 

[D Chapman]

So what was broken?

 

[JohnB]

dan, that is horrible.

x2

This is a gay disco dance forum? Isn't it?

 

[nursemcdonald]

still watching/waiting for the answer. closure on these threads is very nice...

 

[acercam]

still watching/waiting for the answer. closure on these threads is very nice...

i'm working on it ill post progress tomarrow

 

[acercam]

Cheapest and quickest check - drain the fluid from the 3rd. If has metal in it like crazy, you found your problem.

My guess is a cv, which are easy to fix.

when i drained the fluid it was a opaque silver.:banghead:

 

[ratboy]

when i drained the fluid it was a opaque silver.:banghead:

i wouldnt worry just yet. if the seals in the swivels leak swivel grease into the axle, the oil will look like silver paint. get the axles out. they have to come out anyway to change out the diff.

#1 dont panic.
#2 make sure you have a towel.

 

[ptschram]

C'mawn, tear the damned thing apart, we're waiting here!

 

[ratboy]

C'mawn, tear the damned thing apart, we're waiting here!

i know pt, he's dragging his feet. we would have had it fixed and pictures of the carnage on the web already.

 

[acercam]

just buttoned her up everythineg looked fine Unfortunately now we think its the tcase :x
*third member replaced
*CV axles checked and packed
*refilled with 90wt and molly grease 50/50
*swivel balls regasketed

 

[ratboy]

if everything looked fine, why did you replace the third? just wondering.

 

[acercam]

if everything looked fine, why did you replace the third? just wondering.

both my original and my back up third looked fine, i just wanted to see if having a different diff would make a difference.