05 Ba2 Xr6T Original Clutch

[Ralph Wiggum]

centre bearing can be had for $70 for CBC. Diff bush is the more likely culprit as per Dave's comments.

If hardy spicer want to charge you that much to replace a part in your ally tail shaft i suggest you move on as the shaft is steel not ally and if they don't know this they aren't up to the task

[nitro xr6 turbo]

ba xr6 non turbo utes were the only ones to come out with a ally tail shaft and its a 1 piece shaft (ie no center bearing). as ralph said yours will be a2 piece steel shaft. most fast fords I see have a flogged center bearing, they dont last long but they need to be really flogged to make a noise in my experience. normally the noise is a loud fast clunking that can be felt through the car under heavy acceleration.

I would put my money on diff bushes mate. do some research though there are afew different bushes out there with pros and cons. I dont know much about them as I have a ute.

cheers, andy

[clevo400]

Thanks guys, appreciate the help - I went to Hardie and they did a driveway test - He just drove up and down and said the light clunking was normal or could even be the back of the gearbox - WTF - No mention of diff bushes but they said to bring it back and they will put on the hoist cos it was 4.30pm and they were ready to go home

I went to Ford earlier and got quoted 3 bushes $230 - Told him I only had the car for 5 days and must have got a dodgy RWC and he the felt sorry for me and gave me trade $200 - Fulcrum was $360 and Pedders $360 - All 3 places quoted 4 hours labour at $880 - FYI - On eGay the Bayford have 3 Ford ones for $170, the 3 Superpro Comforts are only $210 free delivery and a guy has the new Nolathane centre bush and will install all up for $450 - He's about 2,000 km from Townsville though - Oh Nolathane has limited lifetime warranty now to the original owner of the new style bush - I have been told to talk to the taxi guys cos they used to run BA's and will have changed a few in their time

Regarding the tailshart, Hardie do it out of the car - It was my mates 05 Territory that was charged $750 to replace all the parts and balance but the vibration was still there at 100 kph - Went back for another rebalance for free but still got the vibration - Went back to Ford and for $100 they did the tailshaft balancing but they did it in car and have sensors attached all round and sense vibrations and use clip on weights - Hardie said for $1,500 they can build me a new one - Think he said a Cro-Moly one would be $2,500

Once again, I have learnt so much in the last few days and really appreciate all your input - Thanks guys