griff GKN diff 1992
griff GKN diff 1992
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gizzer

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671 posts

235 months

Tuesday 6th April 2010
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Please any advice . doing rear brakes seams to have no friction on LSD YOU CAN HOLD 1 WHEEL AND TURN THE OTHER WITH ONE HAND is it fcensoreded help

Bluebottle

3,498 posts

269 months

Tuesday 6th April 2010
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gizzer said:
Please any advice . doing rear brakes seams to have no friction on LSD YOU CAN HOLD 1 WHEEL AND TURN THE OTHER WITH ONE HAND is it fcensoreded help
Mine was like that when it went frown Diff will work fine, but you have no lsd function overhaul is relatively cheap (around £160 ish) if you remove it yourself.

roysum

961 posts

218 months

Tuesday 6th April 2010
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Bluebottle said:
gizzer said:
Please any advice . doing rear brakes seams to have no friction on LSD YOU CAN HOLD 1 WHEEL AND TURN THE OTHER WITH ONE HAND is it fcensoreded help
Mine was like that when it went frown Diff will work fine, but you have no lsd function overhaul is relatively cheap (around £160 ish) if you remove it yourself.
£160 eek Please tell me where ears I have two spare GKN units, if I can get them overhauled for that cost I'll be well chuffed !

Roy

gizzer

Original Poster:

671 posts

235 months

Wednesday 7th April 2010
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Now i no the diff is suspect any one got one for sale please or any advicetype

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Wednesday 7th April 2010
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Send it to CTS and have it rebuilt. The LSD bits are normally pretty reliable, but bearing failures are far more common AIUI. Having the bearings replaced and preload set will cost you more than quoted though I believe.

Spinning the wheels by hand probably doesn't exceed the preload, I'm not convinced there is anything wrong TBH. You should probably have a chat with Bernie (CTS), Dave Porter or the like anyway, particularly if you are going to put that monster motor in front of it wink

gizzer

Original Poster:

671 posts

235 months

Wednesday 7th April 2010
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spend said:
Send it to CTS and have it rebuilt. The LSD bits are normally pretty reliable, but bearing failures are far more common AIUI. Having the bearings replaced and preload set will cost you more than quoted though I believe.

Spinning the wheels by hand probably doesn't exceed the preload, I'm not convinced there is anything wrong TBH. You should probably have a chat with Bernie (CTS), Dave Porter or the like anyway, particularly if you are going to put that monster motor in front of it wink
Many thanks for the advice you may be right , the engine wont b going in this grif Would blow the poor g/box & diff to bitts
thank you once againbeer

Guillotine

5,516 posts

293 months

Wednesday 7th April 2010
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spend said:
Spinning the wheels by hand probably doesn't exceed the preload, I'm not convinced there is anything wrong TBH. You should probably have a chat with Bernie (CTS), Dave Porter or the like anyway, particularly if you are going to put that monster motor in front of it wink
Exactly right spend.
I had this a few years back (a stuffed diff) and when replaced I could still spin the wheels on the new one. This concerned me but I was assured it was OK. Works fine on track even now. Also had a trickdiff (GKN) where you couldn't, but that was practically welded up. not normal.

Your diff probably is Ok
Andy

Bluebottle

3,498 posts

269 months

Wednesday 7th April 2010
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Sounds like I may be wrong, Hope so as means I may have a working spare Diff now smile. I replaced mine becuase the garage told me it was fooked becuase it did this when it was on the lift.

roysum

961 posts

218 months

Wednesday 7th April 2010
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As I previously said I have two spares. One came out of my car which was groaning, the other came out of a scrapped Chimaera so the condition unfortunately is unknown. Be happy to part with one at reasonable cost, could give someone the chance to get it re-cond to minimise off road time.

Roy.

Clippy

196 posts

212 months

Thursday 8th April 2010
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Roy,

I've got an oil weep from my GKN and might be interested in a spare to recon and limit my off-road time...

What is the ball park of your reasonable price?
Cheers

Giles

roysum

961 posts

218 months

Thursday 8th April 2010
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Clippy said:
Roy,

I've got an oil weep from my GKN and might be interested in a spare to recon and limit my off-road time...

What is the ball park of your reasonable price?
Cheers

Giles
Hi Giles, £150

Clippy

196 posts

212 months

Friday 9th April 2010
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Roy,

Cheers - I'll have a dig aroiund to see if it's an easy leak to fix then I'll get back to you.

Giles