Bob C
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| posted on 7/8/04 at 11:05 AM |
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Getting sierra diff output flanges off
So I've found a granada, pulled off the half shafts & the back of the diff & located the little circlips that are keeping the flanges
in. Is there a trick to getting these little bleeders off? I had to give up in the end. It looks like they're c clips rather than circlips &
that they push off. Am I going to have to make a special tool? is there something I'm missing? It was all dark & filthy & horrible under
there & I couldn't see a thing & I got fed up.. They'd better fit in a tripode diff after all this messing about....
cheers
Bob
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bike_power
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| posted on 7/8/04 at 11:10 AM |
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I use two screwdrivers, one to keep one end of the clip still and the other to push the other end off the shaft. It's best to use new clips
when you reassemble it so don't worry about breaking them. If the diff is still in the car make sure you can get the clip out when it comes off
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cosworth
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| posted on 7/8/04 at 07:43 PM |
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only the longer fo the two shafts will fit into a tripode type diff. You need 2 long shafts to fit a tripode diff
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Bob C
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| posted on 8/8/04 at 11:58 AM |
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Thanks for the info guys.
Bob
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Liam
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| posted on 9/8/04 at 06:08 PM |
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Hi there
They are bas**rd c-clips. If you rotate them round so that the open part of the 'c' is facing away from you (into the diff) you will find
a hole in the c-clip. I used that hole to pull the things off with some damn beefy 90 degree bend-tipped circlip pliers. That was after breaking
some crap circlip pliers and a small alan key! Evil buggers.
Liam
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Bob C
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| posted on 12/8/04 at 02:01 PM |
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I used the 2 screwdriver method (+ head torch) to great effect - now sorted. The big granada diff yeilds 2 identical flanges which fit perfectly into
my 7" tripode diff.
Cheers & thanks
Bob C
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