Vlad's rides thread

[Holden202T]

what model has solid spacer in it ? all the ones I've seen are crush tube type ?

[Gareth]

Early B/W have solid spacer and shims to adjust

Vlad will have the crush type

[immortality]

Must be very early, I have a VL diff in the garage and it had the crush tube fitted.

[ejukated]

yes they recommended it over any of the other high end units out there. Should allow me to have better control over the rear and ability to put power down.

Interesting to know what made you pick the Kaaz over the truetrac?

[Holden202T]

Must be very early, I have a VL diff in the garage and it had the crush tube fitted.

yeah me too, used a few 3.45 VL ratios and all were crush tubes.

[Gareth]

Nah, very early, like Ford Fairlane XE XD

I run 2.92:1 gears in the race car, they come from 1980's Fairlanes, last two I've stripped for the gears have been solids

[immortality]

My diff guy always fits solid spacers, next one I'm gonna do myself and see what happens......

[vlad01]

I'm not talking about the crush tube, talking about the solid rings that go under the bearing
cups. They set the positions. The crush tube only sets the preload.

[vlad01]

yes they recommended it over any of the other high end units out there. Should allow me to have better control over the rear and ability to put power down.

Interesting to know what made you pick the Kaaz over the truetrac?

They said trutrac typically side swap when faced with unstable surfaces. Also they are inherently sloppy with tons of backlash which can cause them to break. They said they have have several failures on the internal worm gears. 0 failures for the kaaz for like 100 bucks more and much better torque control.

[immortality]

I've stripped a couple of diffs and kept all the shims etc so should have what is required to get the right settings.