Shimming the diffs?

[shanks]

Leaking diff so time for a re-build

Upon inspection i find the xrings are totally shot..

I noticed that there is some lateral movement if you wiggle the outdrive within the main diff gear.

So my question is do people shim between the outdrive (cup end) and the main diff gear?

I have read to make sure you "tap" the smaller gear onto the outdrive fully - which i did - of course how far it can go on is limited by the e-clip behind it.

The only other way of "tightening" the washer against the xring is to shim on the other (cup) side as described.

Just thought id ask what you guys do

thanks

[samd]

Mine do the same, i think after a bit of use the 14t diff gear isnt tight on the outdrive hex as it was when new.

[shanks]

Sam

I know what your saying however

the smaller gear can only be pushed down onto the hex shaft as far as the e-clip as this stops it

with it fully seated mine still has lateral movement I.e you can wiggle the outdrive back n forth within the large diff gear

I wonder whether this allows additional pressure on the xring potentially causing it to fail?

I am going to try shims n see if using them still allows correct meshing of the gears

[samd]

I get what you mean, how about trying a shim on the outdrive outside the gearbox then the mesh inside should still be the same?

Have you used any ass green slime on the xring, it helps with leakage quite a lot if you havnt tried some.

[shanks]

Yes I did use slime sam

will have a good look at shims n position when I finish building

where is best to get some peed x11 bearings sam?

Not finding at mo little akward to search prop on iPhone

[samd]

sent you a PM shanks