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Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:07 am
by Holden202T
what model has solid spacer in it ? all the ones I've seen are crush tube type ?

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:09 pm
by Gareth
Early B/W have solid spacer and shims to adjust

Vlad will have the crush type

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:30 pm
by immortality
Must be very early, I have a VL diff in the garage and it had the crush tube fitted.

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:35 pm
by ejukated
vlad01 wrote: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?

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:40 pm
by Holden202T
immortality wrote: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.

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:10 pm
by 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

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:45 pm
by immortality
My diff guy always fits solid spacers, next one I'm gonna do myself and see what happens......

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:17 pm
by 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.

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:26 pm
by vlad01
ejukated wrote:
vlad01 wrote: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. :thumbup:

Re: Vlad's rides thread

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:29 pm
by 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.