A pal of mine has asked me if either of these are thickwall front diff cases , wonder if anyone can help identify them , theyre both stamped with Ford on the outside if that helps at all !
Thanks in advance

 

a photo of the side in the driveshaft area would help..

 

ah , sorry , thought i'd phot'od the bits that mattered , is there any distinguishing marks ?

 

Isn't it the size of the threads that hold the bottom plate on that give it away? M8's on std diff and M10's on the thickwall item.

 

i thought it was m6 on standard, m8 on thickwall?

 

EDITED as I am not sure

My Quaife thickwall diff with 8mm threaded holes:

 

Im afraid i cant answer those questions but i hoped that someone could ! Martin , hes actually a customer of yours , bought a gearkit and a modded 2wd Swan neck for an external wastegate .

Hes been turned over a few times and has recently bought one of these cases advertised as a thickwall but i cant tell him if it is or not ( 4wd isn't really my thing )
Ive done 200 miles today to try and help him , hope he hasn't been done again .

 

Looking at all the pictures you posted ... they all look like std parts. A side view is easy to i.d. I would take a picture of Dougs but he will never know that we fitted a std part and sold his thickwall!! If someone posts a pic of the side view I will indicate the area to check..

Doug.... Saturday.

 

Doug , did you edit because your not sure yours is a thick wall case or because of the stud size thing ??You also say yours is a Quaife thickwall case , do Quaife make the cases or are they Ford items ??

 

Dougs diff casing IS a thickwall

 

if it looks like the one in the pic he posted then theyre the same as the Cases i posted on the top of the thread . Is it really only the side view that can be identified then , and again i ask , do Quaife make the cases or are they a ford item ? Do Ford also pick them for 909 purposes ??

 

Martin - Saturday

Tony, mine is deffo a thickwall case as supplied by Bernie, when you put it next to a standard case, it is easy to tell them apart (from the outside - even without the cover removed)....

I edited because I was misled by the pic of the 8mm bolts/studs......

I recall some rally peeps use a standard case and fit a strengthening plate + they drill/tap for the larger 8mm bolts (6 mm fitted to standard diffs).

 

Some thickwalls had 'ford' cast into the casing but were made by quaife.

 

Thanks Doug , maybe i need a pic of std case then to help identify these ones .
Cheers

 

I will post some pics tomorrow if no side view is posted tonight..

 

sorry yes m6 std and M8 thickwall, I was told quaife made them for Ford motorsport, so if it has Ford stamped on it it "could" be a thickwall item.

 

Thanks Guys , would appreciate any further info on this .

 

Doug, need a lift? I have a plan forming

 

martin my diff is on the floor in your workshop,ford thick wall. unless you have sold it to doug lol

 

up .

 

Yes he has
It's now my spare diff......only Ł 20.00 & a packet of Hoola Hoops.............proper bargain!

 

take a look at the area with an arrow on the second picture, this an easy way to spot a thickwall. Also look at the area around the top mounting bolt on the right.

 

up for Mr Ryan

 

Many thanks Martin , i'll forward those pics to Mr.W and see if we can solve this .

 

up to get the pictures