WMD - Sunday, December 12th, in Westminster, MD

[Scrrem]

Originally Posted by QB93Z

Hey Rich, what sealant did you use to seal the differential to the bat wing?

Thanks, Jim

Jim,
This stuff was a close as I could find to OEM sealer, worked pretty well.


http://www.permatex.com/brand_right_stuff.htm

Rich

[ZZZZZR1]

Originally Posted by RICKYRJ1

I beleive he is going back to stock gearing. You know him, he changes stuff on his car as much as he changes his underwear.

I resemble that!!!!!!

[Aurora40]

It was a pretty crappy day yesterday, weatherwise, how did the WMD go? I was too afraid to drive up there in case the weather turned worse. They were calling for possible hail/snow.

[QB93Z]

The weather was crappy. But, we accomplished a lot in a long day of wrench turning. I want to post an extreme thank you to Phil, Darrin, Yun, David, and Dennis for their invaluable help in accomplishing all of the jobs I wanted to get done.

We replaced all of the rear suspension bushings, replaced all U-joints, and ended up replacing the differential.

I will post some pics a little later.

What started out as a "simple" task to stop a very small leak from the differential, turned into a major replacement job. Upon disassembly, we discovered that the differential had been modified/replaced sometime in the past and that I had been running a 3.72:1 rear end ratio. In addition, the drive shaft connection to the differential had an old style, U-bolt to hold the U-joint so we had to replace the input shaft.

With Phil's expertise, David's spare differential and a couple of trips to the auto parts store, we were able to return everything to stock.

After a short test drive in the rain, I am very pleased with the results of all the work. The car runs and sounds better than it ever has.

Thanks again for all the help.

Jim

[QB93Z]

As promised here are some pics for Sunday's WMD:

Exhaust, C-Beam, and driveshaft removed, half shafts disconnected:


Differential removed and disassembly underway:


Batwing ready for new bushings:


Pumpkin installed to the Batwing:


Installing the rear spring:


Installing the rear spring, passenger side:

[Scrrem]

Great pictures Jim, wish I could have been there.
Rich

[RICKYRJ1]

Nice Job! Glad you were able to get her all done. Z brotherhood at its best!

[FU]

Look's like a nice productive day for all ! Don't you just love it when a nice group get's together ? Would have really like to been there.
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Why is David biting his lower lip in the pic's ? Didn't anyone feed him ?

[QB93Z]

Originally Posted by FU2

Why is David biting his lower lip in the pic's ? Didn't anyone feed him ?

Funny that you should ask:

[QB93Z]

Originally Posted by RICKYRJ1

Nice Job! Glad you were able to get her all done. Z brotherhood at its best!

The collective talent and supplies of a group of ZR-1 owners is simply amazing. And I was lucky to have 5 of the best help me out.

Jim