BTR diff

[jojackson4]

Mine has decided to have a bit of a leak from the back plate
Having not had much to do with these things I have 3 questions
1, is there any thing I need to know before removing the back plate
2 , is there a gasket to buy or is it a make your own job
3, if it's a make your own job, is it some gasket jollop or a paper 'Blue Peter'job
Thanks gents Peter

[Discopotatoes]

A bead of sealant!

[AV8]

I'd use RTV silicone as it is pretty much resistant to most oils. I got some recently on the Bay.

[jojackson4]

Thank you gents

[TVR Beaver]

Peter.. take some pictures of this.. I need to do the same

[jojackson4]

Will be doing it at the weekend or when I have put the rear corner back on
What do you knead photo wise ?

[TVR Beaver]

Just can't remember what its like. Does it just bolt off or does anything bolt to it ???

[jojackson4]

Will do

[jojackson4]

TVR Beaver said:

Just can't remember what its like. Does it just bolt off or does anything bolt to it ???

I think I have just found the worst job to do on these cars
Is it posable to remove the back plate of the diff in situw or is it a diff out job

[TVR Beaver]

There is a reason I didn't do it
I guess you've found out what that is

[jojackson4]

I think I will give it 30mins on sat or tomorrow and see how it go's
It may get left till the body comes off

[kris450]

A couple of photos I took when doing this recently.

The rear plate has 8 bolts and also locates over 2 dowels, plus the drain plug.

This is the best photo I have of the plate removed. Just some some sealant around the face after giving it a clean, pretty simple really.



This is all assembled back up. The 2 dowels are at 12 o'clock and about half past 5. Then there are 2 bolts at the top, 2 at the bottom with the drain plug in the middle and 2 on each side.



If your thinking of dropping it out of the chassis (and I really wouldn't have wanted to try this with it still in the car) then of course the prop will have to be disconnected along with the front mounting plates and drive shafts. Plus the rear mounting bracket that attaches to the bush via 4 bolts

You can see the prop bolts and top mounting plate bolts here. There are another 2 plate mounting bolts on the underneath, one on each side.



Rear mounting bracket



Hope some of that helps

[jojackson4]

Thanks for that
You have just saved me the 30 mins I was going to waste

It's going to wait for the body off ( it's a drip )
Nice photos