How to make a stronger diff.
Originally posted by Fastlane
I think you still do , I just broke my final gear (J's 4.44) after putting 15Kmiles on them . I have never tracked the car or even done drop clutch launches !
I think you still do , I just broke my final gear (J's 4.44) after putting 15Kmiles on them . I have never tracked the car or even done drop clutch launches !
Originally posted by VTEC Racer
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. What type of clutch do you have? Do you know what the cause of the failure was? After seeing the gears, how was the contact pattern? Thanks.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. What type of clutch do you have? Do you know what the cause of the failure was? After seeing the gears, how was the contact pattern? Thanks.
Fastlane, just curious. When you finished the "accepted" break-in period of about 600-1000 miles, did you change out the diff fluid? When I changed mine out, there was quite a bit of metal shavings on the magnetic plug. There had to have been much more other debris still floating around in the fluid. This debris may contribute to LSD wear.
Update- Just found out my whole rearend was wasted , except for the housing . Nothing left on the pinion gear and a few broken teeth on the ring . My LSD was wasted to , I think that's where the problem all started . I've owned the gears ever since 12/01 and the SCer 7/01 , maybe it was my time to start replacing beat-up parts . Well , time to build a stronger rearend I guess .


