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Bry

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Bought an OS giken LSD and 4.08 gear set so thought today I'd whip out the diff and diff sub frame diff mount bush.

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All safe and secure

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I only had to remove my exhaust back boxes. I also removed the rear brace and disconnected the ARB but left it resting on the exhaust.

What now should have been an hour's work took 3 fooking hours due to the 17mm nut that bolts to the diff mount stud being done up by king f*****g Kong himself. 2 different compressors, a 2 foot long breaker bar with 2 of us hanging off it still couldn't shift it. Eventually the inevitable happened and the bolt rounded, oh crap. Contemplating dropping the subframe which was not appealing. Taking a reciprocating saw to cut between the the diff cover and diff mount stud was an option but probably last resort. As a one last try on the nut my mate hammered a 5/8ths socket on it and

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Hallelujah it came off, no idea why it was sooooo tight.

Now came the messy part

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Drilling out that subframe bush is the most dirty disgusting filthy job I've ever done . probably only took about half and hour but I reckon I swallowed half the silicone oil that came out and filled my ear holes up with all the fillings too.

Tomorrow I'll saw out the outer race of the bush then as soon as my new bush arrives I can fit this. I'll report back when I'm finishedIMG20200717105922.jpg.704d20d5a9b673626535fed6458c5908.jpg

 

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Most garages have an induction heat tool which makes light work of seized nuts/bolts.

 

I use mine on a regular basis but I still sometimes revert to the old tried and trusted oxy/acc method, however with the confined space of the diff nut the induction method works great.

 

Removing the bushing can be a messy job as you know, but once you put a cut in the outer shell it will just fall out.

 

Remember and stick your new solid bush in the fridge/freezer overnight

 

 

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5 hours ago, ZMANALEX said:

Most garages have an induction heat tool which makes light work of seized nuts/bolts.

 

I use mine on a regular basis but I still sometimes revert to the old tried and trusted oxy/acc method, however with the confined space of the diff nut the induction method works great.

 

Removing the bushing can be a messy job as you know, but once you put a cut in the outer shell it will just fall out.

 

Remember and stick your new solid bush in the fridge/freezer overnight

 

 

Yeah, I don't have a heat induction thingy, just a big fooking hammer for emergencies. The bush will spend the night with my captain Birdseye fish fingers for sure

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19 hours ago, ZMANALEX said:

On the home straight, time for a tinnie :thumbs:

Alex, do you know if the driveshaft and stub axle bolts require thread lock when reassembling ?

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3 hours ago, Bry said:

Alex, do you know if the driveshaft and stub axle bolts require thread lock when reassembling ?

Fit them dry mate and just torque to the recommended torque setting.

 

The crown wheel bolts are the only ones that require thread lock.

 

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Put the diff in this evening. That was a scary job balancing it on my Jack and using my leg to jack it up whilst fanagling the diff into position. Will finish it off tomorrow. Oh and my $10 bush insertion contraption worked great .

 

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Finished the Install today.IMG20200725143528.jpg.de9bb4be87967e360b4251c13ad65b1a.jpg

Took it for a little drive and my first impressions are.

4.08 gears are great, think I would have been disappointed with 3.9 gears. 

The OS Giken diff has given me alot more confidence in the car. The stock vlsd was quite erratic in its operation and provided a bare minimum amount of lock up. The OS diff is very predictable and made the car feel more planted, and if you want be a hoon it loves going sideways.

The solid aluminium diff mount bushes transmit a small amount of diff whine into the cabin which I'm hoping I get used to otherwise I can always swapping them out for poly items.

I always compare my 370z to my E46 M3 which wasn't really fair as I'd done a hell of a lot to the M3. My main observation was that the harder you drove the M3 the better it got where as, the harder I drive the 370 the more it felt out of its comfort zone. stock for stock I'd say they were pretty similar and now I've done a fair few mods to the zed I reckon if I had my old M3 on track against my Zed now, then I wouldn't bet on the M3 but it would be close.

  I now have a noisy ,uncomfortable 370z that I love to bits

 

 

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