Slipper Slackening off Mid Race

[James]

>>On the B44<< (edit)

Anyone else had a problem with this, my cars still pretty much new (5 meetings) and this has happened a couple of times.

Anyone else had similar experiences and can suggest a remedy?

Thanks ..

[Wraggy]

James is this on the B4 or B44 ???

[James]

B44... oops..
My B4's actually always been spot on

[Northy]

Jim's did this a lot. He cured it by locking it up!

G

[Southwell]

Nevermind, i read it as diff

[Wraggy]

check the O ring is still intact and that you havnt split it.
the one inside the big blue washer type thing ..

[GRIFF55]

My atomized b44 did that when new, changed the oring wraggy mentioned for a new one and that sorted it

[James]

I've checked my rubber ring and its in perfect condition..

[GRIFF55]

have you put too much lube on it james, try cleaning the threads with motor cleaner too

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by smOkin

I've checked my rubber ring and its in perfect condition..

i know this might sound like a silly question , but you have got the right O-ring in havnt you ???
there are 2 in the pack and are a different size.
1 is the slipper nut o-ring and the other is the slipper cup drive o-ring
which sits over the the drive cup on the other end of the slipper to hold the centre pin in place ..

[James]

Thanks Paul, yeah its the correct o-ring.
For now i've just threadlocked the blue nut thingy in place and will try that at the weekend see what happens..

[Southwell]

Have you rubbed down the pads if it's been slipping a lot?

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by smOkin

Thanks Paul, yeah its the correct o-ring.
For now i've just threadlocked the blue nut thingy in place and will try that at the weekend see what happens..

lets just hope it doesnt need adjusting then !!

[jobo_ph]

Out of habit from building the B4/T4 diffs, I "broke-in" (compressed a few times) the slipper spring on my B44 before installing it. The length of the slipper spring shortened substantially compared to the "unbroken-in" condition. As far as I had felt, the slipper on my B44 had worked consistently after tightening it to my liking.

[DNF]

Originally Posted by jobo_ph

Out of habit from building the B4/T4 diffs, I "broke-in" (compressed a few times) the slipper spring on my B44 before installing it. The length of the slipper spring shortened substantially compared to the "unbroken-in" condition. As far as I had felt, the slipper on my B44 had worked consistently after tightening it to my liking.

That's what I did as well. I think the slipper spring needs to be fully compressed and then released for it to work consistently as a spring, otherwise I think it will just gradually shorten and loosen the slipper.

[Belsten]

Originally Posted by GRIFF55

have you put too much lube on it james, try cleaning the threads with motor cleaner too

griff knows all about too much lube