Click here for photos of the 2004 diff housing.

Slows2k, I could never really tell if the bearings were messed up because they had too much metal shrapnell stuck in them. But, I'm relatively sure the cause of the failure was my improper setup from the last build. I had a friend help me that time and he claimed to know more than he actually did - led me to do a few things wrong. Anyway, the new diff should have no problems.

MacGyver, thanks! I got most of them from a guy in San Diego. Try pumilio.com.

 

Rev, I think your preload on the pinion bearings was off causing your failure. I'm not good enough to pick out any differences between the 04 and earlier housing. It sounds like you have it back together right this time, Congradulations and Good Luck

 

The '04 housing looked the same to me, except for maybe the location of the fill bolt.

 

The fill bolt is on the rear housing, which he didn't change.

 

Damn. It sure looked new in the thumbnails.

 

so what's all this talk from honda that they reinforced the diff?

 

I can confirm that the parts numbers are different. We have several on order and one should have been delivered today. So we will have both side by side for review shortly.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stratocaster

 

does the 2004 S2000 have a final drive of 4.10 or has that changed?

 

it has remained 4.10, the '04 gearing is different in the tranny in each gear as well as the secondary out put