The diff is out, awaiting a good cleaning/inspection, but I think will have to wait a bit more: Mothers Day is coming and so are finals starting Monday... it waited this long... at least the one for the GT is installed setting pretty! Let me know what you think
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: Those sleeves are a PITA, it's easy to
: get a false reading, and once they are
: torqued down they should not be
: reused... although it has been done
: successfully many times. Any pinion
: bearing wear can be a factor as well
: but you won't know until it's apart.
: Also the replacement sleeves can be a
: potential problem. Case in point, there
: were some sleeves on the market a few
: years ago, TR IRS rear hub application,
: that were rolled from flat stock and
: had a super-hard weld joining the butt
: ends, pretty much impossible to get a
: good crush on.
: FWIW I usually convert the late diffs
: to a conventional spacer & shims. I
: can post details if you want.
: Are you just replacing the seal with
: the diff in the car?
: Glen
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: Thanks Glen
: I'm taking this job real slow and being
: thoughtful each step of the way. At
: present. I'm photographing top and
: bottom, front to rear so I can look
: closely more closely at each angle. I
: will give the folks at Moss a jingle
: probably this weekend so I can have
: parts-in-hand before I get started on
: the removal. I'll look at replacing the
: collapsible sleeve as well: I've read a
: lot of input about that, and this is
: the area that concerns me the most:
: achieving the same "pre-load"
: as was made initially. I'll keep all
: posted.
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: Ed I have no recommendation on the
: seal,
: Moss etc will be able to supply that,
: but make sure that the flange journal
: isn't badly worn.
: Also the later cars have a collapsible
: sleeve to set the pinion preload, and
: the flange has to be in the exact axial
: location that it was in before when
: refitting it.
: Glen
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: We have a leak-y input Differential
: Seal
: and will be replacing it. Any
: preferences as to who sells a better
: seal for installing? We want to do this
: right the first time. Biases? Anybody?
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