My Rear Diff shocking to say the least :(
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My Rear Diff shocking to say the least :(
Hi peeps
some of you might know I have been waiting 5/6 weeks now for my rear platted diff to repaird
anyway i'm cutting a long story short i basically had the diff rebuilt about 4 months ago and it wasn't right form day one ....
I told them that this diff isn't right that it's noisy and when cornering the diff makes a serious noisy which i know that it down to the plates as there is too much preload on the plates and it was also virating a little more that before
while i was down at Martins Reyland place i asked him if i could use his torque wrench so i jaked the one side off the car and took the wheel off then put the torque wrech on the hub nut to see how much pressure was on the plates
and I found out that the plates broke off/free about 110 ft lbs of torque which is seriously no good for road use that it pure 100% track settings
anyway a few weeks the diff lets go on the M6 after showing sticky Paul and his freinds the way home to liverpool ( after Auto sports show nec) been waiting ever since
I finally collected the diff today and i tyred to fit it as i was lifting the diff up to rest it on the rear anti roll bar there was oil driping on my shrit , so i then quickly took it down and placed it on the floor and checked the diff over
there was no fooking front diff seal or cover and not only that the front bolt was lose
heres a few pics this is what i mean
The front bolt was lose so i took it off and there you have it no fooking diff seal or seal cover
now this is what you pay people to do and thats how you get it back
I wanted the car back on the road for this sunday as Mallory Park is on the first venue of the yr for the Ford Salloon championships
this is why i get so worked up because wankers can't do the job right first time
it's not the cars it's the wankers that do shite work that fucks the cars up
it's going back to him tomorrow though his fooking front window
i'm totally piss off i would have had the diff in tonight aswell i'll probally have to wait another 6 weeks
i can see why alot of people do D.I.Y because a lot of wankers don't do it right ,
Marco
some of you might know I have been waiting 5/6 weeks now for my rear platted diff to repaird
anyway i'm cutting a long story short i basically had the diff rebuilt about 4 months ago and it wasn't right form day one ....
I told them that this diff isn't right that it's noisy and when cornering the diff makes a serious noisy which i know that it down to the plates as there is too much preload on the plates and it was also virating a little more that before
while i was down at Martins Reyland place i asked him if i could use his torque wrench so i jaked the one side off the car and took the wheel off then put the torque wrech on the hub nut to see how much pressure was on the plates
and I found out that the plates broke off/free about 110 ft lbs of torque which is seriously no good for road use that it pure 100% track settings
anyway a few weeks the diff lets go on the M6 after showing sticky Paul and his freinds the way home to liverpool ( after Auto sports show nec) been waiting ever since
I finally collected the diff today and i tyred to fit it as i was lifting the diff up to rest it on the rear anti roll bar there was oil driping on my shrit , so i then quickly took it down and placed it on the floor and checked the diff over
there was no fooking front diff seal or cover and not only that the front bolt was lose
heres a few pics this is what i mean
The front bolt was lose so i took it off and there you have it no fooking diff seal or seal cover
now this is what you pay people to do and thats how you get it back
I wanted the car back on the road for this sunday as Mallory Park is on the first venue of the yr for the Ford Salloon championships
this is why i get so worked up because wankers can't do the job right first time
it's not the cars it's the wankers that do shite work that fucks the cars up
it's going back to him tomorrow though his fooking front window
i'm totally piss off i would have had the diff in tonight aswell i'll probally have to wait another 6 weeks
i can see why alot of people do D.I.Y because a lot of wankers don't do it right ,
Marco
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Not good that mate - sometimes you wonder how people run businesses in that fashion....hope you get it sorted soon!!!!
Oh by the way......I hope you put your wheel back on with all the nuts this time!!!
Oh by the way......I hope you put your wheel back on with all the nuts this time!!!
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who did this for you marco?
local place?
its piss poor workmanship that lets 99% of places down IMO..
its not their car/diff etc so they are not interested in doing this properly...
local place?
its piss poor workmanship that lets 99% of places down IMO..
its not their car/diff etc so they are not interested in doing this properly...
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Wow..... That's really shoddy workmanship, very very poor.
I'm guessing that the place you took it too understands how a diff works, and especially a Limited Slip Diff.....Coz it don't look like it
A good amateur mechanic should have been able to strip and and rebuild it in a couple of hours.
I know how you feel, but for the sake of time.... It might be just worth you getting a seal, checking the torque settings of the diff, and putting it back in yourself....Otherwise I'm sure they'll have it for another week, and at the end of the day, what will the workmanship be like !!!!
This should definately be a Name And Shame !!!!
I'm guessing that the place you took it too understands how a diff works, and especially a Limited Slip Diff.....Coz it don't look like it
A good amateur mechanic should have been able to strip and and rebuild it in a couple of hours.
I know how you feel, but for the sake of time.... It might be just worth you getting a seal, checking the torque settings of the diff, and putting it back in yourself....Otherwise I'm sure they'll have it for another week, and at the end of the day, what will the workmanship be like !!!!
This should definately be a Name And Shame !!!!
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Gutted for you Marco
I remember ages ago when i picked the slicks up off you, you said then that the diff wasnt right........Not good at all mate
Hope you sort it soon Pal
I remember ages ago when i picked the slicks up off you, you said then that the diff wasnt right........Not good at all mate
Hope you sort it soon Pal
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Hi peeps
This is the truth I gave to diff back to Tom @ Gripper who then sends the diffs to Coventry Automotive
Tom only assembles the actual lsds units he doesn't build the diffs
Tom recons that they had build loads of cossie diffs and normaly pretty good which is probally fair enough
lets face it they all make mistakes
i'm going to take the diff back this morning and see what he says i don't think they will do it straight away put i'll ask
if they have a diff seal i stock i'll just fit the myself
Marco
This is the truth I gave to diff back to Tom @ Gripper who then sends the diffs to Coventry Automotive
Tom only assembles the actual lsds units he doesn't build the diffs
Tom recons that they had build loads of cossie diffs and normaly pretty good which is probally fair enough
lets face it they all make mistakes
i'm going to take the diff back this morning and see what he says i don't think they will do it straight away put i'll ask
if they have a diff seal i stock i'll just fit the myself
Marco
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Originally Posted by TIFF
Gutted for you Marco
I remember ages ago when i picked the slicks up off you, you said then that the diff wasnt right........Not good at all mate
Hope you sort it soon Pal
I remember ages ago when i picked the slicks up off you, you said then that the diff wasnt right........Not good at all mate
Hope you sort it soon Pal
yes and thats why the crownwheel died normal driving about 80 mph on the motorway
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Re: My Rear Diff shocking to say the least :(
Originally Posted by jaycos
Originally Posted by marco polo
i can see why alot of people do D.I.Y because a lot of wankers don't do it right ,
Marco
Marco
i'm not taring everyone with the same brush but lets be honest who cares if it not there car no fooking one
marco
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Originally Posted by marco polo
i'm going to take the diff back this morning and see what he says i don't think they will do it straight away put i'll ask
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Originally Posted by Rhys
Not good Marco hope u get it sorted soon mate.
thats the point i'm fed up of sorting this out 3 times this diff has been built in the last 12 months and do you know what there was nothing wrong with the diff in the first place
i had the engine/gearbox rebuilt ,so i thought i would have the diff check over and all that was wrong with it 1 x bevel plate had broken thats it
and you would even know it was broken all you would lose is a bit of torque on the plates thats it i wouldn't have affected the diff in anyway except for that
all i wanted was the car to last a season without any fook ups thats why i had everything done
Marco
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Originally Posted by Redkop
Originally Posted by marco polo
i'm going to take the diff back this morning and see what he says i don't think they will do it straight away put i'll ask
Lynne
I'll will ask him when i go down this mornig
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Originally Posted by staffi
marco, i was thinking of having a diff done with these guys, as you said Tom doesn`t build them, what would you advice me.......
To be honest i know Markk can build them and i have asked him prior to this
Dome motorsport can rebuild them(bromsgrove) Tal (Cannock)/Sean @ bara motorsport(bromsgrove) /Tony @ tr transsinons (dudley)/ central axels (birmingham)
there quite a few but if you have got a gripper and you need plates Tom is the only person i know who suppies the plates because it's his unit
Tom @ Gripper only builds the actual LSD units he sets all the plates up inside
he then sub lets the build to Cov automotive
Marco
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this is very bad news pal , looks like theyve left it loose knowing there wasnt a pinion seal in it, and just forgotten and given it you back, no excuse tho really , i mean six weeks is very poor.
i hope you get a deal on the cost of this pal, i for one would give you your money back if i had given it you back like that.
i know toms stuff is very good, but like you say its obv coventry transm thats the prob here.
id take the back cover off and check the cwp mesh to be sure now, its not like its a 2min job if its not right, and could be quite expensive.
good luck marco, sounds like you need it pal.
i hope you get a deal on the cost of this pal, i for one would give you your money back if i had given it you back like that.
i know toms stuff is very good, but like you say its obv coventry transm thats the prob here.
id take the back cover off and check the cwp mesh to be sure now, its not like its a 2min job if its not right, and could be quite expensive.
good luck marco, sounds like you need it pal.
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Originally Posted by gearboxman
Don't just fit a seal mate. You also need to check that the pinion nut is correctly tightened and peened.
I have since spoke to Tom about the diff
and he said that Cov Automotive never had none left in stock so he told me i would have to get one from fords
he said that the rest of the diff is fine and that all it needs is the front seal
I have just orderd a sela from Fords this morning
I'm of to Martins now to check the pressure on the plates to see if he has set them at a lower pressure
because when i asked him what have you sets the plates to he said " oh a lot less than is was before and he couldn't tell me what torque he set them at , so i'm not convinced that he has even reset the plates or not
Marco
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As other people have said you're an unlucky git Marco !! Especially with that car.... best just give it to me
It doesn't seem fair that such a sound bloke like Marco should have such shite luck ?! You been a naughty boy in your last life ?
Hoep you get sorted mate.
It doesn't seem fair that such a sound bloke like Marco should have such shite luck ?! You been a naughty boy in your last life ?
Hoep you get sorted mate.