NA8 diff install. Saturday 14th June, *COMPLETED*

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:55 pm

Muzza2 and I will be removing a standard NA8 diff and installing a Torsen this Saturday.

I would like to kindly ask anyone who can spare a couple hours of their time, to come and help please

It will down at Jimboomba at around 2pm.

I need someone to drive my Festiva, from Sunnybank Hills, as it's doing the diff transportation duties.
If you sweet-talk me good enough, you can drive my MX-5 :wink:

Please PM me or call/txt 0401 615 700.

Thanks in advance

Andrew

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:51 pm

Bugga - I'd come help but I'm on house renovation and maintenance duty.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:59 am

Doh... No worries fellas.

Anyone else? Bueller.... Bueller....

corners · Postby **corners** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:02 pm

If it were sunday I would put my hand up!
Saturday is out for me sorry

jules · Postby **jules** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:50 am

Sorry dude. 3 kids and no mummy to take care of them for the next 8 weekends....

Jules

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:50 pm

D'oh!!! Went to footy at 2pm; how did you guys go?

It's 4 hours later, should be about done now?

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:35 pm

Boags'MX5 wrote:It's 4 hours later, should be about done now?

Oh ye of little faith. It took 2 hours flat.

Thank you to Muzza2, Muzza2's dad, GP14 and AZNtien for your help.

Thanks to The Green for turning up and giving us moral support

You should have told me Nici was in the car cause she could've at least had girlie-talk with Muzza's girlfriend.

Had it sideways just a wee bit a few times to confirm it's a Torsen.

Noice.
:mrgreen:

muzza2 · Postby **muzza2** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:59 am

1red5 wrote:
Boags'MX5 wrote:It's 4 hours later, should be about done now?

Thanks to The Green for turning up and giving us moral support
You should have told me Nici was in the car cause she could've at least had girlie-talk with Muzza's girlfriend.

omg...
there was another person that i didnt see :shock:

why didnt see come out and say hello
she could have been inside watching tv sitting next to a nice warm fire...

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:48 am

1red5 wrote:Had it sideways just a wee bit a few times to confirm it's a Torsen.

They kick ass huh? :twisted:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:52 am

torsens are a great mod.....worth thier weight in gold for a street 5ver

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:14 pm

So far they kick ass, but have been going careful-careful. I like the fact that on 4,000RPM launches you actually move forward rapidly instead of getting bogged down.

I agree with you STM. They came from a lower mileage car so that's a bit of a bonus too.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:41 pm

No pics of the install a difficult or easy process?

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:57 pm

wun911 wrote:No pics of the install a difficult or easy process?

Technical difficulty: 3/5

Physical difficulty - solo install: 11/5
team install: 3/5

Degree of fiddliness: 4/5

Potential for frustration: 3.5/5
(although gets 10/5 if you are changing drive shafts and the hub bolts are seized).

Potential for dirt to fall in your eye while lying on your back and trying to slot 30kgs of diff onto the mounting bolts: 5/5

Other than that it's not a hard job. I've done 4 installs now - they don't change much.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:13 pm

yea.....the first one took me ages. once you know the moves.....its a piece of cake.

I've never been able to lift the diff back into position by myself. I've always required extra help for that.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:35 pm

Sorry Wun, no photos.

I failed to mention that we did this on a hoist. And due to that fact, the difficulty ratings given by Uncle Arthur can be halved

3 people is a good number of people to do this within 2 hours.

Oh and another rating:
Potential of loss of hearing, due to excessive hammering of bolts, by a few decibels: 3/5

BIG tip for those who are considering replacing a diff is to get the one that has the half-shaft/splines in it.

This way, you only need to undo the 4 bolts connecting the transaxles (is that what they're called?) to the spline and diff. Otherwise you need to stuff around with pulling the transaxle out of the diff housing and realigning the teeth when reinstalling the transaxle again.

It'll makes sense once you try it yourself.