Something's broken

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

If its the Front bolt, then remove
the Diff and have the part that has
sheared off '' sparked'' out the diff
casing.

Any good engineering shop will do that.

Same as when the Brake Nipple shears
on the Caliper etc.

If not then have the sheared off part
drilled out, recut with oversize tap, and the
just re-drill the front diff Bush, which
is pressed into the Rear Sub frame/ Diff
carrier, which will be simple as the
Diff is out.

Makes no odds if the front Bolt is M10 or
M12.

If its a rear bolt then the thread into
diff carrier can be done in exactly the
same way, as can the 'ear bush'' on the
rear of the Diff back plate.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[Jimbo]

Got the car back today, all sorted. Diff case re-threaded, no damage to diff at all.

Cesil has never shifted and pulled away from a stand still so smoothly, which tells me there has been an issue since i bought the car. I assumed some clunking was normal after reading about the SMG, but it appears what i thought was normal, wasn't!

I would implore anyone who is getting a 'clunk' from the back end when shifting (especially at low speeds) to get the diff mounts and bushes checked for any play(i know there are many threads on here related to 'the clunk' - ill be adding to those when they come up too).

[J2LTB]

Glad it's all sorted. Sounded very expensive at first. Ill be checking mine for sure !