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[Heath]

There is a bit of clearance for mis-alignment in the splines, the gasket thickness (within reason) shouldn't be an issue.

I would be interested in seeing turbotrana's bracing on the caps, is this some kind of 'cap girdle'? The description didn't really make it obvious to me.

Putting bracing on the back of the diff isn't very difficult - just gotta make sure it's aligned how you want it before hand, and gotta check that it hasn't gone out after you do the work. I don't know how sensitive they are, but potentially quite sensitive! If it's going to be out-of-alignment in any way, a bit of toe-in and a bit of negative camber is what you want, so you can just get an oxy onto the upper front side of the axle tubes and shrink it an appropriate amount, but obviously you'd want to measure before & after so you know what is actually going on.

He said no shorter than 3.36, he means no TALLER than 3.36. They go really short because they go in commercial vehicles, four cylinder cars etc. For a street or race car, going really short obviously has huge advantages but disadvantages that come with it. That's not rocket science, my comment was only correcting his wording stuff-up, and saying that 3.36 really isn't THAT short either, if you have an overdrive or decent size wheels that is generally fine for a street car that sees highways a bit, but that is a topic for another discussion anyway

[WhaleOilBeefHooked]

WEAKEST link to any motor vehicle in this country seems 2 be a combination of two things "Thu Dreaded Right & Left Feet M8"

[76lxhatch]

If you kept power down to about 100hp then that would not be a problem.

You'd be able to keep the 4 speed and the Banjo, and Nana's venetians on the rear window wouldn't rattle either!

That HR reinforcing looks good, would have to be worthwhile. Most diffs will bend a bit and need straightening after some miles, but the Banjo design is worst of the lot both in respect of being susceptible to bending and the fact that being bent causes major problems.

Edited by 76lxhatch, 28 July 2010 - 06:47 PM.

[orangeLJ]

There was someone on here that bought an LJ (would be in members threads) that had a VERY re-enforced diff, similar to that HR but with extra plates everywhere.

I remember asking a question about it and getting an answer too, just dont know where it is!

[orangeLJ]

probably a bit uncalled for Wayne....

[blake]

interesting, has anyone actually purchased or tried one of the above units? look promosing, but can see they could end up with our hands in our pockets...

Cheers Blake