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Re: Replacing diff with Q2 myself
I got a few more shots here. This shot of the diff shows a piece of one of the planet gears that has wedged in place inside the diff hole I spoke of earlier. If I didn't shut the car down immediately, this part may have smashed though the diff housing. I guess I was lucky, as it came pretty close. The same photo also shows the left side flange removed. Both bearings are now exposed with the bearing cases out of the way.
The next photo shows the left side driveshaft coupling that connects the inner and outer shafts. There are six heavy hex bolts holding them together. They had an enormous amount of torque on them and I had to use the extra long torque wrench to release the bolts (I was lucky there was enough room to just fit the head of the wrench in. The coupling on the right side will need to be split in the same way, but this is going to be a major pain.
The other photo shows the right coupling behind other componentry (right side of photo). This is why it's going to be a pain. You can see the right inner driveshaft coming in from the top left of the photo across to the coupling. Most people wouldn't realise that what you see here is not the part that rotates. What we can see is the outer sleeve of the driveshaft. The actual connecting shaft spins inside of this sleeve to give power to the right wheel. You can see a part of the sump in the bottom of the photo and the empty bolt hole on the right is one of the engine tray retaining bolt points (I replaced my original with a Zeatek Aluminium tray.
The last photo I have included to try and show how the driveshafts connect to the diff. The gears inside are located about 4 inches inside the housing. By releasing the right side suspension I have nearly got enough movement of the right shaft to pull it out of the diff. Problem is there is not quiet enough travel to do so.
One thing that has surprised me with this job is just how small the actual diff is........no ford nine incher here. There is so much power being put through those little teeth you can see inside the diff here. As Jeremy Clarkson said........250 crazed italian horses.
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