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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 08:55 PM
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cosworth rear diff are no good i can only wheel spin or brodside 1 side to my left is ther a clutch in the diff as it seems that 1 wheel doesnt do as much as the other .was told that the quaife is a gear operated so no plates to break or wear is this true
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:00 PM
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you will be using a tired 19 year old diff then with the VC in dire need of pumping up...
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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you will be using a tired 19 year old diff then with the VC in dire need of pumping up...
Anyone got any details of that, ive never actually had a cossie diff apart and im sure lots of others havent, so it would be an interesting thing for someone to do a detailed writeup on how to do
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:06 PM
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iam with you chip Kevin Sharpwhat do you mean pumping up
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:10 PM
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the viscous unit in the diffs are usually tired on old high mileage units so making them have very little lsd action, they need stripped and rebuilt by a specialist.

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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:12 PM
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better off with a quaife if its gona come out
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:41 PM
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speak to bernie at www.gearboxman.co.uk

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