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Yeah, what Jeroen said ^^^^^^^
I was gonna mention that and got sidetracked with the handbrake!
This Salisbury style diff is a monster to overhaul and bits are short. Mad Mart has (or had) a diff spreader, but even with one, it's a PITA to build the diff and come out with something quiet.
Not much use to you where you live, but I have a guy for this who is much more experienced than I am! Like Clint Eastwood said, a man should always know his limits!
Steve
Hi Steve
Do you have a link to a photo of what I need?
The plan was just to get the diff out, get the casing blasted and painted and fit new wheel bearing and seals. I am now guessing its more involed than the 1500 axel?
Regards
Barry
I don't have a picture, but I think there is one somewhere on the forum.
Yes it's a complex diff, the spreader is needed to fit the diff with the correct carrier bearing shims into the case. If you are changing the carrier bearings, the shim thickness would need to be calculated (don't ask me how) Also the pinion shaft needs to come out separately once the diff is removed. Replacement officially involves using a new "crushable" spacer between the pinion shaft bearings, these are somewhere between very rare and unobtanium. there are workarounds for changing a pinion seal, but if fitting new bearings you'd have to have one. The other way to go is to fit a solid spacer, shims and castle nut like earlier TR4s and their cousins had, but finding those bits ain't easy either.
My advice is, unless it is obviously graunchy by hand, give it wire brushing and a coat of Hammerite or whatever and slap it in, maybe change the half shaft seals in passing and give it a road test. Then, if it ain't broke.....
Steve
PS i've put a number of used Sprint axles in various cars for myself and others, i've not had an unusably noisy one yet. Just lucky I guess!
That's perfect, just the info I needed. I will get it blasted, clean out the casing of all the old oil, Change the half shaft seals and bearings and clart it in Hammarite.