either the diff or a halfshaft on my 2A broke this weekend.
Is it more likely to be a halfshaft or is it possible for anything in the diff to work itself loose and thus stop working properly? i've had a slight overrun/gearchange rattle for a while now (which isnt down to the prop).
It went without any noticeable noise as i was about to reverse up a hill and I'd have expected a bang or something for snapping a halfshaft!
I just all of a sudden lost the ability to go anywhere in reverse in
2wd. According to observers the rear prop was spinning but neither wheel does. Its fine in 4wd.Strangely after i drove it out of the way in 4wd i tried it in 2wd drive again, and found that i could go forward but not backward. After this i parked up and gave up for the day.
When i next started it I found that it would now not go forward or backward in 2wd, so drove home in 4WD.
How do you work out which halfshaft has gone? I presume that if i just jack up the rear end and then start it and leave it in gear and 2wd nothing should happen as the broken shaft will be getting all the drive?