Hilux reborn

[Mud Dog]

It's looking nice, but you must get to the source of that noise ... it's not healthy and could result in further damage.

[Quintin]

Yep and fault finding is this weekends main task if I do not find something I will have to send it to a specialist next week.

[JohanM]

Hi Quintin,

I have am going to take a chance and say that i suspect that the oulet bearing on the transfer case has got play and is worn, and maybe your rear diff needs to have the backlash set correctly. Also the carrier bearings on the rear diff might have run dry at some stage and now the damage is making them rumble and noises that you hear.

I hope you get your van sorted out. Its looking good.

[Quintin]

Hi John thanks for that I will check it out is it the outlet bearing on the rear prop shaft or to the front and how can I check it? The rear diff was done by ultimate 4x4 in PTA so it should be ok but there are off coarse no guarantees that they did adjust it properly. Will the centre bearing only make that noise when there is no power on it?

[Windgat]

Quintin...... Dit Lyk Mooi.... EK het van daai rims gesoek maar het nie gekry nie.
Ek sal weer par pics oplaai van my bakkie. sal gou more nog pics neem.... Jammer dat ek nie kom draai het nie. Lyk my ek moes maar nog 'n dag gebly het. Dan sou ek kom draai het en nie aan die slaap geraak het nie.

[Quintin]

Jy sal maar moet bly volgende keer dit was net te close vir comfort. Jy moet versigtig wees. Ek het gekrap en R1600 later die prop shaft WEER oorgedoen drie nuwe Universals en n nuwe centre bearing. Die bakkie is baie stiller maar daar is nog n geraas en dit klink as ek onder die bakkie le of dit uit die ratkas kom. Ek het olie ge check en als lyk ok die agterste diff het vir my n redelike play maar weet nie regtig hoe om hom te check nie hoeveel play mag hy he?

[Quintin]

Hi I am back again and working on my bakkie, can anyone out there please help me with the 4x4 light in the cluster, if I select 4 wheel drive the light should go on where on the gearbox is that sensor and is the sensor switching ground or is it a live wire.

[Maddoglips]

Quintin

If I remeber correctly, it sits on the top right of the gearbox (lying under the van with your head towards the front)of the box just by the gear lever selector(4X4).

I got 1 for Toybox awhile ago, so I'm sure he will be able to tell you how to get to it in position and what pole it's switching on.

Zane

[Windgat]

Quintin,

Help.... Ek moet my bakkie se prop shafts ook oordoen. Raad asb? Ek het nie ZA$ om rond te gooi nie.
Verder wil ek net vir jou se ek kom weer Durban toe. Sal def. daar by jou kom braai een aand.

[Quintin]

Hi almal ek is al weer terug en is besig om stadig te wen die lorie RY het vandag so n bietjie gaan wild kyk by Shongweni dam baie lekker gery en my gemiddelde petrol verbruik so 7Km / Lt. Martin jy moet kom kuier wat moet gedoen word met jou propshaft, jy kan jou props self don maar ek sal dit sterk aanraai dat as jy als vervang het die shaft in elk geval laat balanseer.