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[SMD]

Mine has been like this since I have bought the car 2 years ago and hasn't really gotten any worse TBH.    I don't feel any vibration throught the steering, that was down to the knackered wishbones.

I haven't got the gear or the bottle to try that though    How much was a replacement diff (and total outlay)? PM if you wish.

[Entwood]

Mine has been like this since I have bought the car 2 years ago and hasn't really gotten any worse TBH.    I don't feel any vibration throught the steering, that was down to the knackered wishbones.

I haven't got the gear or the bottle to try that though    How much was a replacement diff (and total outlay)? PM if you wish.

Replacement diff was £50 from a "known good" breaker from here ..   Took a couple of hours to take the old one out on my own, and would have been about an hour (with two other very nice OOFers helping) to put the replacement on if we hadn't had a faff with the mounting bolts. Total outlay less than £60 and a few cups of coffee 

As to "bottle" .. you have to jack it that high to change the diff, and you have to get under it to change the diff ... and you have to pull and push a fair bit to get the diff out and in .... so actually running the engine whilst lying under it is no more "dangerous" than doing the job IMHO.

Safety is everything I agree, but well supported on decent axle stands and a little thought about what you are doing and the risks involved and it can be made quite a safe procedure IMHO

[SMD]

Thanks for replying.

I could try this, I have two jacks and two stands but once car is on stands the car would probably be too high for the jack to lift the wheels up and one jack is only a baby 

[Webby the Bear]

Just as a ''check this before spending on parts''.... have you had your wheels balanced?

[SMD]

I had new tyres fitted and they were balanced 

[Webby the Bear]

I had new tyres fitted and they were balanced 

and there was no vibration after the balancing? i had mine balanced and car still vibrated... took it back, they fixed it 

[SMD]

Vibration was s problem before new tyres and after so balancing can be ruled out though not impossible