Poorscousertommy
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| posted on 12/1/12 at 11:07 PM |
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Assembling diff
OK, so showing that its been a long time since my apprenticeship and I had a spanner in my hands.. How have people fitted their diff?
Instruction states 2 m12 x 60 cap head bolts - if fitted like the bolt on the left (as I assume is correct), I cant get the locknut in the casing
recess - do I simply fettle the casing? Or is the fitment on the right correct? In either event I cannot get a standard washer in there....
 
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Secondly, the bottom is supposed to be a threaded bar M12 x 220 - I cant get this in as the chassis prevents the bar going in parallel (above or below
note I have removed the lower wishbone, this doesnt really interfere) - again is this just a brute force job???
 
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Cheers!
[Edited on 12/1/12 by Poorscousertommy]
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 12/1/12 at 11:14 PM |
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yup brute force them in - thats what i did anyway 
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Chippy
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| posted on 12/1/12 at 11:36 PM |
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I think you will find that the top fixing should be a through bolt about eight inches or so long, at least thats how all the ones I have seen have
been fitted, (including mine). HTH Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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mark chandler
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| posted on 12/1/12 at 11:57 PM |
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Right hand fitting is fine, for the bit of studding I ground a champher on the end so it pushed through the end hole easily.
Regards Mark
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 13/1/12 at 08:34 AM |
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As Mark says, long time since but if I recall bottom one 1st gives a bit of juggling movement on diff, top one as right (head on the inside) bit of a
B to get an allen key on but far easier than using the original bolt.
tony
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TimC
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| posted on 13/1/12 at 01:03 PM |
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The other option is to Helicoil the diff - its what MNR do/did.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 13/1/12 at 03:48 PM |
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Ground the head on the alan bolt down on mine, not a huge amount of material to remove..
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pauladamss
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| posted on 13/1/12 at 05:04 PM |
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I used two m12 bolts on the bottom
[Edited on 13/1/12 by pauladamss]
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rb968
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| posted on 13/1/12 at 06:04 PM |
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My diff upper bolts in as per the right hand option, length of stud through the bottom with washers and nylocs each end.
Rich
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Poorscousertommy
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| posted on 13/1/12 at 06:13 PM |
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Thanks folks, just thought the RH method looked sloppy, certainly doesnt justify a 60mm bolt!! Right.. Back to the batcave 
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