diff spring thing.
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when i removed my diff i remeeber seeing a spring with a little ball bearing in the end that wa release when i took the two side bits off the diff casing.. i ahve the spring but lost the bb, what can i do? i want to finish building it today and cant go much further without knowing what i can do!. will check moss catalogue if they sell it cos there just 2 secs away but other that that i dont know, what does it do anyway? it seems to touch the selector rod or something?

thanks! Dan

It is a detent ball that stops the selectors moving out of gear on their own. You do need it. There should also be a sleeve as well.

ok, thanks will look for moss catalogue.

cheers.

like tom says you do need it

Dont be tempted to fit it togeather without it

or you will be in the Deep Stuff!

ring minispares... they stock them I believe!

Alex

AlexF

hthanks for quick replies, moss dont have them but my old 1 litre had one:). then i found out the sleve and the bb seemed to stay in place after all, i dont know how i knew about it if it dident fall out, is there anotherone i have overlooked that might have fallen out and is as importnant?
its all built back up now, so i hope not....

thanks, Dan

There should be the metal sleeve, with 1 ball bearing and a spring. It is all compressed up together when you bolt the diff side cover on.

yeah i had that, i thought i remeber seeing a spring and a bb falling out, i found the srping and just asumed i had lost the sleve and ball bearing, but when i got a new sleve and bearing i noticed the sleve was already there, and i tried to push the spring and bb in but it wouldent conpress so i checked and 2 bbs fell out, lol
i just thought that if i remeber one falling out, but i certainly dident put any other springs back in anything when i put the diff back together... will see if it drives i supose

oh i also wanted to ask if the oil filter housing has a gasket? i dont remeber tearing one off when i took it off, but it was about a year ago and slepts many times since then.

thanks, Dan

Between oil filter housing and block??

If so, yes. If you don't use a gasket it will piss oil out.

ok cheers again, this wont be the end of silly questions as i get nearer the end, lol it will never end

thanks

if you cant find a gasket to fit then i always make my own out of an old school textbook cover

We didnt have books or joters when I was at school we used slate and chalk.What else can you use?

http://www.rabdunn.co.uk/

pmsl...how about an old cornflakes or porridge box

i used cornflakes boxes on all my carb to inlet t head gaskets on my old 1040 and did thousands of miles with no trouble at all:) i asume they will be fine in this case with it being oil and not petrol?

Cheers, Dan