My diff, cut down to suit a 1200
Pintara housing, pintara 4.11 gears
commodore 4 pinion LSD hemisphsere
R31 skyline 28 spline axles and brakes
(my mates VL turbo has the same centre no worries at all) run's 12.4's
Heath
----- Original Message -----
From: "abrahamk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2000 10:12
Subject: Re: live axle mods
> Errol,
> Are the splines the same on the Commodore LSD type driveshafts as on the
> Datsun ones?
> Are the diff centre mounts the same? i.e will the centre bolt in OK
without
> machining and will the shafts insert into the side gears?
> If this could be arranged relatively easily then you could use the
existing
> Datsun crownwheel and pinion and the Commodore LSD centre.
> Sounds far to easy though...but I can dream.
> I've been driving my Stanza around this last week and have been thinking
> that if an LSD is too hard that I could run a Locker and no rear anti-roll
> bar. In terms of lack of understeer when driving hard I think a Locker and
> lots of rear end roll might be superior to a tight LSD and anti roll bar.
> Thanks
> Nick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Errol Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: live axle mods
>
>
> > Nick,
> > Funny you should say that. I am currently looking at the possibility of
> > modifying a common whore slippery centre into a stanza Salisbury (Borg
> > Warner) housing. It would be a cheap slippery setup (but only two pinion
> > LSD though) but should handle the grunt of an L series all right. I does
> > involve remachining the housing for the pinion and the centre though.
> Costs
> > are the big unknown!
> > The works rear I have ( see it at www.datrats.com.au) has the alloy
> carrier
> > 4.875 4 pinion LSD with 80 ft/lb (15kg/cm) clutch pack. It uses 10 mm
lock
> > wire drilled crown wheel bolts instead of 8mm for normal LSD,s. The
axles
> > are 29 spline with double taper roller wheel bearings to prevent pad
knock
> > off. The housing is a triple tube thickness instead of two tubes. The
axle
> > assembly has ventilated discs and Sumitomo works four spot calipers. The
> > brake line is braided stainless wire and has an extremely light
> > (titanium??) sheet diff guard). I want $3850 for the assembly.
> > The escort style strengthening works well but I haven't seen it used for
a
> > while. I have been setting up some live axle rear ends for dattos with
3/4
> > deg neg camber and 3mm toe in, for rallying (copying the works specs
diff
> > housing).
> > Cheers
> > Feral Errol
> >
> > ----------
> > From: abrahamk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: live axle mods
> > Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 7:46
> >
> > Given that the Sailsbury axle was made in Australia, are there any known
> > diff centre swaps with domestic vehicles?
> > An LSD disk brake Commodore rear end can be had for about $300.00, for
> > example.
> > If is is not a bolt in swap, what would be involved?
> > What kind of general and rear end specific stock do you have at the
moment
> > Errol?
> > We talked before about the works rear end that you have, what are it's
> > specifications and cost?
> > Has anyone tried copying the Escort style axle strengthening alloy plate
> > that bolts up inbetween the rear cover plate and axle and extends along
> > the
> > axle tubes, where it is fastened by U-bolts?
> > Also, has anyone tried fitting TRX rear discs to a Sailsbury housing, is
> it
> > straightforward?
> > Thanks,
> > NICK
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Errol Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 7:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: live axle mods
> >
> >
> > > Nick,
> > > Banjo housing differentials have the centre removed from the front of
> the
> > > housing by removing axles and undoing either 8 or 10 nuts.
> > > Both the H165 and H190 housings use this system.
> > > 1. The first Letter refers to the style of housing. "H" refers to the
> > banjo
> > > style housing, R refers to the Fixed housing used in 510, 610, Z's
etc.
> > > 2. The number after the Letter prefix refers to the crown wheel
diameter
> > >
> > > An A or B suffix refers to either an Amboid or Hypoid pinion gear
> > > configuration.
> > >
> > > The housing with the rear cover plate and rear centre removal is
called
> a
> > > Salisbury housing. The examples used in OZ datto's were made by Borg
> > > Warner.
> > > The baffles stop a sudden sloshing out into the axle tubes by only
> > > providing a small gap between the axle and the baffle and also a small
> > > return drain hole back from the tube into the centre. The works
housings
> > I
> > > have use only approx 2 mm between the axle and baffle. The baffles
are
> > > just a rectangular sheet of steel with a central hole that is folded
> into
> > > the shape of the inner surface of the diff housing and spot welded
into
> > > position.
> > > 720 rear diffs are open normally although LSD's were an option.
> > > LSD H190 centres vary from between $600 $2000 dollare depending on the
> > > type. Normal 2 pinion LSD's can be had for as little as $600 new if
you
> > are
> > > lucky up to $1000 normally. The works differentials used 4 pinion
gears
> > and
> > > stronger housings but are usually $1500 to $2000. Nismo only deal with
> > > distributors in each country and will not deal direct with
individuals.
> > > Cheers
> > > Feral Errol.
> > > ----------
> > > From: abrahamk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: live axle mods
> > > Date: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:23
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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