Diff fallen out

[Trayner]

On the way to work i was driving and all of a suddern i head a mass bang when i was turning a round about , then the car wouldnt drive to well by this I mean it still could drive forward but not to fast.
only like around 1st gear or so .
So im thinking great ive blown my tranny or something. anyways when it got a bit lighter i had a look and couldnt really see anything under the car on the gear box leaking or what ever / nothing missing


, had a look down the other end. and one of the axles has fallen out of the diff housing hub gahhhhhh

anyways since i have an lsd i thought id have a go at moving the car , put it in and first and it moved like about half a meter then no more (it was parked half on a gutter too) in reverse it didnt move at all just revved .

So my question today is . with an LSD will 1 wheel spinning would it be strong enough to move the car as i did in my test or am i dreaming and my tranny is blown and as a result the axle has jumped out lol

[ari666]

so you axle... just .. fell out?

i would guess your trans is ok. i would guess your diff is fragged. easy test, get a innocent bystander to put it in gear and see if the tailshaft moves.

you axle just fell out?!?!?

[Dayvo]

LOL at just fell out , Is that the same as " it just came off in my hand "

[nathanVY]

you got sabotaged.

[dumpedvs]

Snapping ive heard of, but falling out?

[Trayner]

ok , finally got the beast home and up on stands. Transmission is fine and all that..

But yeh. the 6 hex bolts things that hold it into the diff housing have come undone :S , so ill just redo them all up and actully use lock tight this time . hahhaahahaa

[Blown V6 Hatch]

When i read this i assumed live axle....Axle falling out of a live axle diff, very unlikely. IRS makes more sense.

[acarmody]

My brother was driving a Ford sedan one day for work, fairly recent model, 04 or 05 or something like that, and the whole diff centre fell out. He said he nearly shat a brick when he had a look.

[VT-565]

So the drive shaft inner came completely off?
From memory its on a little spigot, make sure that is free of burrs etc before re-installing.
If you use a torque wrench and the correct tightening sequence, things rarely 'come undone' unless there is an underlying issue.
But if you feel you must use a locking compound, then go ahead.

[ari666]

hahhaahahaa

phew! lol, thats is pretty funny though.

[Trayner]

yup all good , used like a litre of lock tight on the nuts so they wont come undone again hahaha . also did a diff oil change soooooo much sludge and brown shit came out lol , the LSD is so much more resonsive now :P

[Trayner]

yeh man ahaha , was just all the bolts had come undone lol, used a gallon of lock tight this time lol

[Rusty]

Fark! Your either lucky as hell for having no damage as a result or dam unlucky to somehow dismantle your car whilst driving.

I might unleash the torque wrench on Vr this weekend just to be safe!

[Stretchomatic]

??????? what?????

on subject though, the tailshaft in our work ute nearly separated not long ago, those six hex bolts came loose...bit wierd.

[VLSabo]

mate, you sure someone didnt get back at you? never usually hear the diff completely falling out

[VS 666]

i hit a speed hump too hard in my gfs bomb laser... muffler dropped off (but was hanging) and i kept driving... next speed hump it snapped off at the cat ... boy that was a sight in the rear view mirror....