Thin fibre ones out of an early MK1 diff is the way to go
My bad
It is the thin brass ones out of an early MK1 - I had to use them as the new fibre ones were way too thick - lucky I had an old MK1 diff here and I pulled them out and used them
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| Author: | Drekkus [ Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:25 pm ] |
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I'm up to reassembling the diff.New planet gears, comp diff pin, washers, bearings.Spins nicely until I tighten up the crown wheel to the cage to specs.Then it doesn't move. I take it thats not right and my new washers are a bit too thick.I'm using brass washers instead of the fibre ones.So go back to fibre or can I thin out the brass ones or is there something else.? |
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| Author: | Wombat [ Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:46 pm ] |
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Thin fibre ones out of an early MK1 diff is the way to go
My bad It is the thin brass ones out of an early MK1 - I had to use them as the new fibre ones were way too thick - lucky I had an old MK1 diff here and I pulled them out and used them
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:09 pm ] |
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Brass ones are better than fibre. They don't fall apart with dirty oil. 
The fibre washers they sell now are too thick and by your problem new brass ones are too. One way to use them is get a few thou surface ground off the centre hexagonal spacer. Last diff I did needed .008" off (.004" off each side). You just grind 2 opposite faces, put these towards the side gears. <edit> you need to do a trial assemble with 1 washer missing, then use feeler gauges to measure to the spacer see what the remaining gap is. Then compare that to spacer thickness. You only want about .003"-.005" total clearance. |
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