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Author:  JC [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:26 am ]
Post subject:  Converting a Diff to chain drive
Can someone give me some guidance here on whether or not anything is missing from this auction? It is a complete unit?

http://tinyurl.com/Mini-Diff

I've been looking at this http://tinyurl.com/Diff-conversion-kit to convert the mini diff to chain drive.

I'm trying to determine if I should do the following:

Buy this

http://tinyurl.com/Mini-Diff and this http://tinyurl.com/Diff-conversion-kit (without the x pin diff its 440pounds delivered)

or

Buy this:

http://tinyurl.com/6vtf7ag and this http://tinyurl.com/Diff-conversion-kit (without the diff ovbiously). I just don't know what else I need to "complete" the set up.

Can anyone shed any light?
Author:  GT mowog [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:04 am ]
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Unless your doing an extensive conversion, you'll end up with 4 reverse gears with the chain drive conversion. Look pretty light on for moving a 680 kg+ vehicle.

The diff itself looks complete, but I don't see the pinion. Not sure if he's made an error, but it would be 59 / 19 or 59 / 20 not 59 / 17. The Part Number on the CW should be DAM2806. It will give a 2.9 or 3.1 diff ratio, depending on which pinion you fit. IMO, too tall for a Mini. These were fitted to special ratio gearboxes that had extra wide ratio spacings (eg, 1st gear is 4:1), so won't suit anything with a mild to wild cam.
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:34 am ]
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John, you can buy the conversion kit , it`s not a bad bit of kit-->& use a Quaife slippery diff with it,,, so you really don`t need that 2nd hand mini diff assy at all

i have side covers & such here which i`m happy to Give you & almost anything else you`ll need we can help you with... so no need to buy some 2nd hand sh!tty old mini diff, unless you specifically want the tall ratio gears from it for another project

edit--> GT, he`s doing a bike engine conversion so this diff will be hanging out the back of the bike engine, in a frame/cradle like my buggy (sort-of) :-)
Author:  JC [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:42 am ]
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So buy the kit, sort a diff, then the remainder of the parts that may needed to be sourced, buy off you? Sounds like a plan.
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:08 pm ]
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Yeah if you buy the conversion kit,,, & Buy the quaife slippery diff,,, then we can help you out sorting all the rest & you`ll be away,,, it`s almost like my own set-up but not :-)

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I just used an old orange juice tin to cover it all ,,, rather than manufacture a billett alloy expensive time consuming bling looking cover :-)

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either way , it works a treat :-)
Author:  JC [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:21 pm ]
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And you didn't use custom driveshafts did you Matt? The motor position really was just "in line with the sprocket"?
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:38 pm ]
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I use std mini pot-joint type axles,,, i put the engine in that spot specifically so i could use std mini axles/arms etc

:-)
Author:  JC [ Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:35 am ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
I use std mini pot-joint type axles,,, i put the engine in that spot specifically so i could use std mini axles/arms etc

:-)


And that makes perfect sense to me.
Author:  GT mowog [ Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:45 pm ]
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TheMiniMan wrote:
edit--> GT, he`s doing a bike engine conversion so this diff will be hanging out the back of the bike engine, in a frame/cradle like my buggy (sort-of) :-)


Ah, thanks Matt, my bad, the ESP doesn't work too good these days.
Author:  JC [ Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:02 pm ]
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Thread title didn't give it away ? :lol:
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