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nice pics there mate that wil be a help to me as im going to rebuild my axle soon but need to decide wether to uprate halfshafts or not, i think i will make the decision when i get them out & inspect them. cheers.
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Hey Dave,Originally posted by RS2000CUSTOM View Post
I like what you have done with the lock wire. I removed my diff today to find the crown wheel bolts have worked loose.
I have sent you an email.
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Mine unwound itself at oulton park last year, and proceeded to shot itself at the time..Originally posted by Paul View Post
Well worth lock wiring when completesigpic
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Cheers Louie,
I am hoping Dave will be able to lock wire mine and rebuild the diff.sigpicComment
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Nice description!
I'm just winding up my diff overhaul - did it by the book but am surprised with a couple of things - need an experienced opinion!
As I haven't renewed the bearings (did that a couple of hundred miles ago, but then had an oil leak), I set up the pinion to about half the book setting, and have now just set up the backlash. Was an effort to crush the spacer - ended up using a metre extension bar on the socket.
Playing with other older diffs I have lying around, they have loads of play in all directions (pinion in and out and backlash). If you get hold of them and move the pinion/crownwheel they really do "clank, clank".
Having set up mine by the book, everything moves nicely, but the play is really absolutely minimal - more of a barely perceptable and hardly audible "click, click".
Setting up the backlash, I really had to exert effort to tighten up the adjustment collars. On the old diffs, they can more or less be undone by hand.
Question: is it really that the old diffs are worn, or am I setting up mine too tight? (I can still turn the diff by hand and it's very smooth - just no longer clanky clanky!)
Cheers for any feedback / praise / warning what a nutter I am etc.!
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