Range Rover Sport L320 Front Differential Exchange

Front Differential Exchange for the Range Rover Sport L320: a remanufactured front differential with new bearings and fresh oil.

The differentials on these vehicles are strong when they are fed the right oil and are not asked to do things they were never built for, like big tyres and a heavy right foot on a locked centre diff. The Discovery 3 and 4 and the Sport L320 rear electronic locking diff is a known failure; the Defender Rover diff breaks shafts before it breaks gears. Everything here says what it is rated for and what it is not. The Sport L320 sits on the Discovery 3 and 4 frame with the same air suspension, the same transfer box and the same diesel engines.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Range Rover Sport L320, chassis code L320
• Engine: 2.7 and 3.0 TDV6, 3.0 SDV6, 3.6 TDV8 diesel, 4.2 and 5.0 V8
• Production dates: 2005 to 2013
• Quality: Remanufactured or New Unit
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions on these vehicles are frequent and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: a whine at speed from the front
• Labour time: about 5 hours
• Coding: none required. Fit it and drive
• Also needed: oil
• Torque: to spec
• Weight: about 38 kg
• Warranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first

What arrives

• Front differential
• Oil

Fitting

Labour guide: about 5 hours. Land Rover changes specification mid production, often by VIN rather than by model year, so send the VIN or the registration with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything leaves. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return. We are an independent Land Rover specialist and parts supplier. We are not Land Rover or Jaguar Land Rover and are not appointed by them; the model names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. Everything we sell is chosen for vehicles that actually get used: towed with, loaded, driven through water and parked in fields, rather than for the brochure.

Which version to buy

Remanufactured is stripped to the casting, measured, rebuilt with new bearings seals and wear parts and rig tested, with a surcharge refunded on your old unit. New Unit is a brand new unit rather than an exchange, for when your old one is past rebuilding or you cannot be without the vehicle while we assess the core.