Diff Question

[mgbrv8]

I took my differential down today to inspect and clean. I had alot of red silicone in it, over squeeze and loose particles and I didnt know if that should be a concern or not. Do you guys have any suggestions or mods that could be done. I am happy with the gear ratio. So far I am just going to change the seals but any other advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

[Scrrem]

Originally Posted by mgbrv8

I took my differential down today to inspect and clean. I had alot of red silicone in it, over squeeze and loose particles and I didnt know if that should be a concern or not. Do you guys have any suggestions or mods that could be done. I am happy with the gear ratio. So far I am just going to change the seals but any other advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

I just got done removing my differential for a gear change, and the red silicone everywhere is the norm, not a whole lot of care went into putting that stuff on from the factory. Here's a pic of mine when I got it apart.
Rich

[mgbrv8]

Is there any shiming that can be done between the cover and retaining caps to siffen things up.

Dave

Wow, I am dropping mine today too and I am sure mine will look like this too. I am doing a total rebuild with 4:10s and the only other mod I will be doing is using the studs instead of bolts for the caps.

[65ZR1]

I have a question. Why bother going through the trouble of machining the bearing caps so that the cover provides some support and then goop it all up with silicone. Since there is silicone on the caps the cover cant be supporting them. Would it be better if we used something like the sealant on the cam covers?

[mgbrv8]

Were did you get your studs? I was also looking at machining the case so I could use the bottom bolt as a drain plug. I was also thinking about drilling and taping the stand offs on the batwing and place some allen screws to preload to supply more support.

Dave

Originally Posted by mgbrv8

Were did you get your studs? I was also looking at machining the case so I could use the bottom bolt as a drain plug. I was also thinking about drilling and taping the stand offs on the batwing and place some allen screws to preload to supply more support.

Dave

Hi Dave,

I'm at work so I'll get back to you tonight Hawaii time with the info. It was provided to me on this site and one of the members that helped me out might chime in before I get the info; you might find it with search. They were from ARP but I'll get the part number, etc. I am going to dry to drill my out for the drain plug tonight and bought one of those kits with the bit, tap and plug, etc. from one of the Corvette catalogs. I'll try to get you that info too. Sorry, I don't know anything else about more support for our diffs.

http://zr1netregistry.com/forum/show...ighlight=gears

Here is the info.

[mgbrv8]

I pulled my diff apart yesterday and examined the clutches. I was wondering if they look excessively worn also were is a good place to order new ones. I examined the gears and couldn’t find any sighs of cracking or damaged. Any imput would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

[mgbrv8]

I also modified my bottom cover bolt to use it as a drain plug. I havent seen anyone else do it, I didnt feel comfortable drilling a regular drain plug and this was less intrusive.

Dave