Drive line SOS

[Rocket]

In reverse the load switches from one engine mount to the other. I know this for certain because up to date I have broken 6 mounts (to much throttle --350 chev). My motor tried to climb out of the engine bay when the one affecting reverse broke.

Rocket

[Bas NZ]

Ok I had something like this happen on my, dare I say it, V6 Transit, turned out to be one of the springs on the pressure plate.. and for  some reason it only happed in reverse

[Jeff]

In reverse the load switches from one engine mount to the other. I know this for certain because up to date I have broken 6 mounts (to much throttle --350 chev). My motor tried to climb out of the engine bay when the one affecting reverse broke.

Rocket

Well, I  take your word for it, and Ben's, but I still can't see that.
I'll work on it. ....LOL.

Edit.... Yep. Apologies. I can see it now.  Thanks.

[eddy]

ditto Rocket, had the same malfunction with a chev motor in one of my earlier beddies, showed all the same indicaters couldn't work it out till I lifted the engine cover and tryed it in reverse, motor tried to climb into the cab ..... broken engine mount

[LS120]

well have had it to the doctors & have found the problem...............

it's the pinion shaft bearings failing & the bearings are $400 each ex-germany...

so gonig to get a ford/holden centre put in & driveshaft done as well....

for the same money as trying to fix the old cresta setup.

oh well it seems my pockets needs to bleed money at this stage...

($800)

thanks for your help guys

[Jeff]

 
I recently replaced all the bearings in my Cresta diff for less than $400, ex Wellington.
I *think* the pinion bearings would be the same.
I did buy them wholesale, but could probably do so again.
We need to get together.

[BusyKiwi]

$800 for new center put in and driveshaft ?

[ben]

800 sounds really cheap

[BusyKiwi]

I reckon ben, the crowd up here wanted $500 just for a driveshaft to be done

[LS120]

yea.. a drive shaft was about $185-195.00 chop & re-balance... the rest is to take out the onld insides & redo it with a late modle holden or ford insides (banjo style) so you can change the ratio easy. and incl labour to do it.

so $800 is not too bad... but still hurts the pocket..