gearbox reconditioning parts, wheres best???
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i'm after a reconditioning kit for my spare gearbox, the box does'nt seem bad at all but gonna do a recon anyway

(here i go drop myself in another deep-end again for the experiance)

now like most stuff i presume it wont come with all the bits i'll need huh! so what willl ineed to get?

i have a competition diff pin& a gearbox/diff gasket set, i'm waiting for the new type central oil pickup to come out by minispares! new design apperently!

all advice gr8ly recieved, gonna watch the bill-sollis vid on how to recon a gearbox-dont laught too much plz lol

cheers all

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Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

get the minispares re-build kit without diff parts then chuck a 4-pin diff in.

*I think* the only bits you will be missing then will be extra shims etc

Second antons advice

contact minispares north ask for richard

no bull and you will have all your parts straight away

unlike a 3 weeks wait at ofther branches

top advice chaps, big thankyou's frm me, it is a real week for turbominis help this week top stuff :)

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

yep dont bother getting them from minisport they were in stock when ai ordered them and had a month wait until i got them! Just get stuck in they arent as hard as they look! just take your time and use plenty oil lube on the baulk rings!

Edited by Star Mag on 26th Jul, 2007.

cheers starmag, i confess i fell asleep watching the bill sollis vid lol

i'll watch it again, & i've just remebered minimag has a gearbox guide too, i think its the way forward to know how to do one!

i'm never too confident i'm getting my moneys worth paying out for jobs when i think & feel confident about having a bash myself

if it takes me a week & it works i'll be super super chuffed!

i'll be on the phone for my kit this week :)

time to sell on ebay to get my pennys back lol

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

anton & anyone else do you really think i should be considering the cross-pin diff?

does that need more thinking to put in than to recon the one i have?

cheers

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

Hi,
Do a search for when Antons N/A car spat the diff pin out, I'll put money on it you'll put a 4 pin in!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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Anton, i've just chked out your previous diff pin woes, holy cack-in-my-pants!!! with less than 100hp it went bang, i understand about the planets elding to the pin etc, i can understand why you keep insisting in a twin pin diff now!!!!!!!

scary stuff, i'm not sure what power/torque my 998 turbo will be putting out when i get it running ok, i'm hoping for around 100hp-ish so i really need to consider one now i reckon!!!

i'm pretty ook back ya know

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

I found this guide on the Mini forum very useful...

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/index...?showtopic=9808

website:- http://www.terryhunt.co.uk

Its not power that will kill the diff, its torque. A turbo engine will have more torque than a NA engine. I wouldn't consider a cross pin diff, I'd mark it down as a MUST.

frickin heck, you chaps seem insistent that'll itll be needed, so i'm gonna have a read of the miniforum article that turbo tell popped up, cheeers tel

i think i know which my head is saying at cost on the pennys but it'll save a few tears l8r me thinks!

time for a clearout at the flips houshold in the garage & home needed too really lol clubminiflips garage sale will have to start!

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

get the minispares cross pin diff and no other!!!!!!