[ROVERNET - UK] Rearend woes - Rear end noise in 3500 S

Thu Oct 25 05:00:57 BST 2007

Hank,

Thanks for the feedback. I've got the differential out (almost killed myself 
in the process!!!).  The mechanic (trained in Rolls, Jaguar---old school, 
brilliant mechanic about to retire) will be rebuilding the differential for 
me.  I'm going to get it to him this Friday.  Once he disassembles it, he 
will tell me what parts are needed.  I'm hoping that the parts you have are 
indeed still in good shape as I might be very much in need of purchasing 
them from you.

If you are comfortable, please contact me off Rovernet  (at 
lacpsyd6 at msn.com) and I'll let you know what I need and find out what you 
have.

Lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank and Sally Manwell" <hdmanwell at alumni.bates.edu>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rearend woes - Rear end noise in 3500 S

> I'm reminded that back in the early 70s when one of my father's 2000TCs
> wasn't very old, he drove into his yard at home one fine day and went to
> back out an hour or so later and found the rear end seized.  We opened it 
> up
> and found one of the cluster gears had broken into two or more pieces.
>
> He ordered up an entire new set of gears, ring, pinion, clusters, and all,
> which Rover North America was glad to sell him.  While we'd been able to
> dismantle the thing, we didn't trust ourselves to get the assembly set up
> again just right, so called Rovers again to see what nearby dealer they
> would suggest for reassembly.
>
> They said there was no dealer they could think of in the entire USA who
> would be qualified to do that.  So we went out and bought a whole parts 
> car
> and exchanged units.  No other similar trouble in his 20 years or so of
> driving those cars.
>
> We still have all those new gears; hope they haven't deteriorated from
> sitting around.
>
> Hank
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ruotolo Gianluca (MERCATO STAFF)" <gianluca.ruotolo at enel.it>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Cc: <depace at kappa.it>; "Lombardo Marcello (Ammin. Personale)"
> <marcello.lombardo at enel.it>; "Marco Morana" <marco_morana at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 4:40 AM
> Subject: R: [ROVERNET - UK] Rearend woes - Rear end noise in 3500 S
>
>
> I do know that cars are different, but...
> Only to know, could something similar happen to 2000 TCs ?
>
> Best regards, Gianluca.
>
>
>
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Per conto di Shirley & Barry
> Lafbery
> Inviato: sabato 20 ottobre 2007 23.58
> A: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> Oggetto: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rearend woes - Rear end noise in 3500 S
>
>
> If you have rear end noise in a 3500s, stop driving the car and see to
> it
> ASAP. What happens in the diff. is this, the crown wheel bolts come
> loose or
> break if they come loose and undo more than a 1/4 turn the head hits the
>
> diff. casing and breaks it I have seen this twice, once in my car and
> once
> in a friends. If you can catch it before the damage is done new bolts
> fitted
> with lock-tite will fix it. They are special bolts, bolts from a 2000
> diff
> will fit.
>
> Barry
> P2
> P3
> P5
>
>
>
>
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