Diff Replacement under Warranty

[biglump]

Any of you blokes/birds had any experience with our mates at VX? Mines whining like a whiney thing from Whineville. Just wondered as with the Magnacharger strapped to the top of the engine I've a feeling they're going to get all stroppy. Any feedback?

[skidsharples]

Ive had the diff done recently, a 2007 cv8 no problem. No charger strapped to it though.

Incidentally, mine has been sat in vaux now for 3 weeks waiting for Drive shaft bolts!!! after Vaux replaced the diff, it managed 150 miles before drive shaft came away.

Be warned, your car may be in the garage some time.

[racebreed1]

biglump said:

Any of you blokes/birds had any experience with our mates at VX? Mines whining like a whiney thing from Whineville. Just wondered as with the Magnacharger strapped to the top of the engine I've a feeling they're going to get all stroppy. Any feedback?

are the diffs on the vxr and vxr 500 the same if so i cant see a problem. if they are different then maybe a problem

do something to the cable so they cant open the bonnet! what they want to open the bonnet for a diff swap anyway,

"the whining from the engine bay thats just a tensioner and i quite like it!"

[biglump]

skidsharples said:

Ive had the diff done recently, a 2007 cv8 no problem. No charger strapped to it though.

Incidentally, mine has been sat in vaux now for 3 weeks waiting for Drive shaft bolts!!! after Vaux replaced the diff, it managed 150 miles before drive shaft came away.

Be warned, your car may be in the garage some time.

Up to their usual high standards then I see!!!!

[biglump]

racebreed1 said:

biglump said:

Any of you blokes/birds had any experience with our mates at VX? Mines whining like a whiney thing from Whineville. Just wondered as with the Magnacharger strapped to the top of the engine I've a feeling they're going to get all stroppy. Any feedback?

are the diffs on the vxr and vxr 500 the same if so i cant see a problem. if they are different then maybe a problem

That's the line I'm going to take too!!!! Crossed fingers...here goes!!!!

[martin08]

I had my diff replaced 3 times under warranty in 7 mnths of ownership - it never worked, it put me off CV8 and I sold it last week for something much quieter, a bit faster, and hopefully a lot more reliable.
Good luck with your warranty claim, if you go to a sympathetic dealer like Picador you might get lucky....if VX link the failure of the diff to excess power then you may have a problem....if so I suggest you speak to one of the fine aftermarket providors of NON VX diffs which probably work and are probably cheaper than paying VX for on of their HOS diffs.

[monkfish1]

skidsharples said:

Ive had the diff done recently, a 2007 cv8 no problem. No charger strapped to it though.

Incidentally, mine has been sat in vaux now for 3 weeks waiting for Drive shaft bolts!!! after Vaux replaced the diff, it managed 150 miles before drive shaft came away.

Be warned, your car may be in the garage some time.

Thats nuts! Its just a bolt! We have loads of them, they just dont come in little GM bags.

[racebreed1]

monkfish1 said:

skidsharples said:

Ive had the diff done recently, a 2007 cv8 no problem. No charger strapped to it though.

Incidentally, mine has been sat in vaux now for 3 weeks waiting for Drive shaft bolts!!! after Vaux replaced the diff, it managed 150 miles before drive shaft came away.

Be warned, your car may be in the garage some time.

Thats nuts! Its just a bolt! We have loads of them, they just dont come in little GM bags.

remember my auxillery belt which you provided W Grose in northampton recently for my VXR, there wasnt any in the country apparently!!!!!

[ringram]

Hmm, any motor factors will have a 6pk2000 belt which works fine, though I think the actual one is a 6pk1998

[monkfish1]

racebreed1 said:

monkfish1 said:

skidsharples said:

Ive had the diff done recently, a 2007 cv8 no problem. No charger strapped to it though.

Incidentally, mine has been sat in vaux now for 3 weeks waiting for Drive shaft bolts!!! after Vaux replaced the diff, it managed 150 miles before drive shaft came away.

Be warned, your car may be in the garage some time.

Thats nuts! Its just a bolt! We have loads of them, they just dont come in little GM bags.

remember my auxillery belt which you provided W Grose in northampton recently for my VXR, there wasnt any in the country apparently!!!!!

Got those too!

[biglump]

Like I said...VX are great aren't they...???

I'm sure LC owners didn't have the same problem!!!