B44 diff build - help!

[scoyle]

I bought a secondhand B44 and I have stripped it down and I am in the process of building it back up. The previous owner did not have the diff springs in the diffs for some reason but I decided I wanted to build the diff by the manual so I bought new springs and new rings.

My problem is trying to get the diff screw to meet the T-nut - when the spring is put in the screw top is about 2mm or so below the top of the spring and I cannot seem to find a way to compress the T-nut down on the spring so that the screw meets the t-nut to start screwing it together... is there a technique to this or am I doing something wrong?

Stephen

[discostu]

Have you got the bolt and thrust race in the correct out drive and vice versed the t but should be in the longer out drive

[Steven Forster]

Originally Posted by scoyle

I bought a secondhand B44 and I have stripped it down and I am in the process of building it back up. The previous owner did not have the diff springs in the diffs for some reason but I decided I wanted to build the diff by the manual so I bought new springs and new rings.

My problem is trying to get the diff screw to meet the T-nut - when the spring is put in the screw top is about 2mm or so below the top of the spring and I cannot seem to find a way to compress the T-nut down on the spring so that the screw meets the t-nut to start screwing it together... is there a technique to this or am I doing something wrong?

Stephen

Did you compress the spring a few times before installing it ?

heres a video clip for you too look at

[discostu]

Are you also 100 present positive there was no spring cos the diff wouldn't have worked.

[benl]

old springs not still in there is it? been there done that

[SamRCRacing]

Is the spring stuck in the outdrive, with two springs that will make it hard to get the screw and t-nut to meet.

[discostu]

Originally Posted by dexter24

Did you compress the spring a few times before installing it ?

heres a video clip for you too look at

You shouldn't need to compress the spring this is done to keep it consistent to a point

But that not the problem from what is discribed the bolt end is 2mm below the spring that has to be somthing wrong

[scoyle]

Originally Posted by discostu

Are you also 100 present positive there was no spring cos the diff wouldn't have worked.

Absolutely positive - I never ran the buggy before stripping it down but there was definitely no spring in there.

[scoyle]

Update... I did manage to get it to compressed enough with brute force and started tightening up the screw with the T-nut. How close do the ears on the T-nut get before it should be tight?

I was tightening it up and every so often turning the diff outdrives with a hex driver in each end - I could still turn them so kept tightening the screw... and then it snapped so I guess I was tightening it too much

[scoyle]

Ok I am so far beyond embarrassed... there was an extemely compressed spring in there...

Will crawl away and build my diffs now...

[SamRCRacing]

I do it all the time!

[discostu]

Originally Posted by scoyle

Ok I am so far beyond embarrassed... there was an extemely compressed spring in there...

Will crawl away and build my diffs now...