Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

KaiV,

My two cents worth:

A diff cannot affect your performance. If it is so damaged that it has an effect on performance, then it will not be able to move the car.

A diff has four bearings: two on the input shaft and one per output shaft. I assume that you have a Gen 3/4 Pajero.

For R30 000 odd bucs worth, I shall lend/steal/hi-jack a car and drive to Partshunt and buy a second hand diff and fit it myself.

The Gen 3/4 diff has four bearings: two on the input shaft and one each per output shaft plus the bearings on the crown wheel.

The easiest way of determining if a diff bearing (or any bearing) is on it's way out is to listen to it with a stethoscope. Put your Pajero on axle stands, start the engine, engage gear and let it run. Get below and use the stethoscope and listen to each bearing in turn. You will be able to identify the bearing that is making the noise. If you do not have a stethoscope, use a long screwdriver. The effect is the same. A stethoscope is a very handy tool. You can listen to the various bearings - alt, water pump, tappets/lifters pulleys, etc.

Cloyd

I had a simmilar problem bad noise from the back of my pajero, to cut a 6 months story short it ended up to be new tyres i put on in june 2013. The tyres Bridgestone deuler 964. The noise start at very low speed (30kmh) and stay at any speed. Changed tyre and noise gone

Tires... Interesting. But I doubt as Ive had these on since beginning of the year.

Anyways, have a laugh at this:

They can't get my Paj to run faster than 40 Km/hr on the Dyno..... Traction control doesn't let it and this at an "authorised" diesel mechanic

Now she's on her way to another Dyno in Springs

T/C... coming to think of it, I'm surprised it got to 40!

I don't know where this thought comes from.

Are you sure that you don't have a missing tooth on a wheel speed sensor, or an odd diameter tyre on one rim? I think the former is something that CATS once had.

Are there any fault lights on?

T/C error on the dyno makes sense, since the front wheels don't turn but the rear do. But yeah, 40km/h on the rear wheels is still a lot
As far as I know about dynos and T/C... Don't they pull the ABS fuse before they put it on the dyno?

The speed is measured off the gearbox. I doubt the car knows (if the TC is switched off) that it would care...

The TC on the Gen 4 (if switched off) only self starts at speeds over 100Km/hr. Before then, its off... Easy

Then, there is the old "trick" of taking out the ABS fuse. Its one thing a customer doing this, but another if the "agents" do this, though they did not know about this (and also not about the switch under the dash.....)

Really, loosing all faith in the quality of personnel at the dealers

Kai.. I think you have it wrong. TC is never off and kicks in with wheelspin even at slow speed. Scid control is the one you refer to. TC can only be deactivated by pulling the relay.

Roelf
Hmmm, now you got me thinking. Unfortunately I havent seen my car in over a week, but I was convinced that the "magic" button was the TC.... learnt something

Kai.... you can trust me on this one