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whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 10:20
by oorwullie
i'm baffled by this , maybe someone has a simple explanation and cure?
1989 bus,gearbox and engine (2.1 ) with genuine 124,000km fitted a few years ago and bus driven for a few months with no noises.
last week started it up and drove for a few days and it's making a right hum from the rear end..........
it's so loud that the swiss mot man said go away and change the gearbox.
but he was happy with nearly everything else.
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 10:30
by Aidan
Dave drop the gear oil and send me a pic of the plug
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 10:38
by oorwullie
my mate changed the oil the other day and it didn't seem to help. he didn't mention any xmas tree on the plug but i'll give him a ring.
cheers aidan.
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 09:10
by oorwullie
there were a few fine particles on the plug, no pic i'm afraid.
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 10:54
by Aidan
wheel bearing ?
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 20:29
by oorwullie
it would be nice if it was so simple.
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 08:32
by Aidan
does the grumpy man do gearbox rebuilds ?
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 20:43
by oorwullie
grump grump.
had it running up on the lift today and the noise seems to be from the nose section where i know there's a few cogwheels and stuff.can ye tell me where to find a good syncro gearbox book and the speshul tools required? replacing a bearing or 2 can't be that difficult............
it's an AKG by the way. and we have the old one to practice on as well, it didn't have any gears at all............
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 15 Aug 2012, 05:42
by Aidan
it's all in bentley, have fun
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 15 Aug 2012, 07:08
by syncrowjoker
Aidan wrote:it's all in bentley, have fun
Famous last words
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 19:04
by oorwullie
syncrowjoker wrote:Aidan wrote:it's all in bentley, have fun
Famous last words
my son's on holiday otherwise i might have ordered the bentley with a fine discount from the book shop where he works, but i would have needed to translate it all for my mate anyway............
i now have the original german VAG werkstatt book as a pdf which says on it only for internal use..............
Re: whining diff after several years standing?
Posted: 05 Sep 2012, 16:49
by oorwullie
well, the gearbox is still humming away to itself but the bus passed a retest today with a more sympathetic tester.
there be a syncro gbox advertised fairly locally, i'm waiting to hear what letters it has and whether there's any garantee.............
yes paddy, the driveshaft is fitted again and no , this bus is not for sale any more.