sv2 diff action
 

this could be a well answered topic but new to me i have just got a second hand sv2 and setting the diff is a nightmare the diff works smoothly but the setting is either slipping or almost locked there seems to be no in between would i be better fitting a gear diff

Gear diff will not fit.
Your sure you are undoing the lock screw in the diff before you adjust it?

Have you done a rebuild on the diff? See what the coned washers are like they might need replacing.

ordered a full rebuild kit could be anything but in my opinion it seems that the diff washers seem to be binding on the diff gear not the balls could be wrong but if all the parts are replaced it should cure it

Diff
 

I have a diff thats only done 1 run if you want it. I paid £36.00 for it assembled from JE Models.

You can have it for £30 posted if you want.

Jack

I might be wrong, but I think the diff gear can only go one way round. Have you got it the correct way?

It could be the diff gear being the wrong way round as above, but if you can not find a good setting then it is the cone washers, it us very easy to over tighten the the diff which squashes the washers flat so they no longer work as a spring.
I have asked Schumacher to sell the washers separately as buying them in a kit is expensive as the other washer spacers do not ware, I have in the past re formed them using a tool for removing the ball from a plastic ball joint made by FG.

It is a neat compact design of diff but using a proper compression spring would have made life easier.

have rebuilt the diff still feels bad but better than it was may just need running in i can still just turn the diff gear but any tighter and it feels like the diff balls are square just have to run it and see

Diff
 

I'm sure that happened to me when I first build mine
I fitted something the wrong way Round
I tryed building it 5 times
before I found the problem,
turned it ? round ,then it was sweet
Admittedly I was drinking at the same time which didn't help.
Look very close at the manual when building.

tried rebuilding not good borrowed one off a team driver did the same got rob fox to try and set either of the diffs i had to no avail never had so much trouble with a diff its cost me more to try and rebuild a schumacher than it cost to buy my ansmann new and the ansmann works

Your Diffs rebuilt, buttery smooth now. If you need it i can post it to you. Just send me a PM of your address.