Fitting Quaife LSD problems
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Cheers lads, and please pass my thanks onto your contact TD, im pretty sure weve homed in on the problem now

TD/Carl, do you mean the actual ID of the CWs 'ringear' is not big enough to except the OD of the diffs flange?

Its a JKD CW, not sure if they share the same problem as MSC or not, knowing my luck recently it probably will do...

Tomorrow Ill determine if its fouling and not seating properly (and where exactly), or whether it is fully home and the CWs flange is simply too thick

Thanks again

Joe

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yes to your second paragraph.
who told you its a JK item,where did you get it from,?
carl

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i would agree with fastcarl, i had a JK crown wheel which has a small lip on the inside. when fitting the diff it would not sit flush with the crown wheel. i had the crown wheel machine to remove the lip which fitted flush. The bolts should be flush with the diff and not sticking out.

Right ill go down after work and check

Its stamped up JKD (ebay)

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

I would agree with Carl, my crown wheel was a JK, it had a lip inside which did not allow the diff to sit flush. i had the machine so it could sit flat on the crown wheel. The heads of the bolts should sit flush aswell.

bingo, yes phil its sitting on that lip! so feels good in your hands, like its hitting home, but when looking through the bolt hole its way off.

will drop it down to my friend at BA tomorrow lunchtime and have him sort it out.

Cheers as usual guys

Joe

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Righto, had the step machined back to allow the quaife to fully seat in the CW





Some people seemed to think the quaife itself would be easier to machine, but a file test suggested its significantly harder than the CW, also the machinist said it would more than likely void the lifetime warantee.

Anyway, fits like a dream now, dead central in the box, and yes it would apear that all the grinding to the box i did was unnecessary after all.







In this shot you can see the difference when its seated fully..



in comparison to before



Torqing up the diff bolts was fun, had to turn down the end of an old 9/16" sockey so it would fit inside the ring gear.

Well thanks guys for all your help, ill let you know how it goes when it finally gets on the road, probably be another few years at this rate.

Cheers again

Joe

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Hi,
Just noticed the registration on that Volvo, very strange!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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why?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Because in the UK we don't use U as it can be mistaken for a V.
Must be different for the Isle of Man?