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Old 12-01-2009, 06:52 PM
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i HAVE A VERY LOW MILAGE XR2 BOX, AND A S2 RS TURBO LSD BOX WITH A HOLE IN THE CASING....CAN I FIT THE LSD UNIT STRAIGHT INTO THE XR2 BOX...
I KNOW I HAVE TO STRIP THEM BOTH DOWN ,THATS OK I,AM HANDY WITH THE SPANNERS .
ITS TO GO BACK INTO MY XR2 SO THE RATIOS ARE FINE .JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT FITS,THANKS IN ADVANCE DARREN.
Old 12-01-2009, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by darrenr1969
i HAVE A VERY LOW MILAGE XR2 BOX, AND A S2 RS TURBO LSD BOX WITH A HOLE IN THE CASING....CAN I FIT THE LSD UNIT STRAIGHT INTO THE XR2 BOX...
I KNOW I HAVE TO STRIP THEM BOTH DOWN ,THATS OK I,AM HANDY WITH THE SPANNERS .
ITS TO GO BACK INTO MY XR2 SO THE RATIOS ARE FINE .JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT FITS,THANKS IN ADVANCE DARREN.
it fits im prity sure but you need a spicial puller to remove 5th gear spanners wont be up to the job also most of the time the 5th gear will crack as well
Old 12-01-2009, 06:59 PM
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you need to change the crown wheel on the lsd as it wont match up with the ratios of the xr2 box . i did this to my xr2 box worked fine . i have to say have rebuilt loads of these gearboxes and not had one break a 5th gear yet
Old 12-01-2009, 07:03 PM
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Thats ok i have already borrowed the fifth gear puller..and i actually have 3 boxes.....53,000 mile xr2 box....s2 lsd box with a hole in the casing and a escort diesel van box ,,,so i should be alright
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THANKS FOR THE HELP KAKING THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR
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Right a little update.......the lsd diff went straight in and meshed perfectly..they weren,t interchangable because the lsd diff was an 8 bolt fitment...and the xr2 a 6 bolt fit...so that leaves the question what box is the lsd from the i.d tag states

87 WT UA
F0G 8B 04B

ANY HELP would be greatly appprieciated thanks in advance....darren.
Old 16-01-2009, 06:31 PM
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8 bolt lsd is a S2 RST and a 6 bolt lsd is a S1 RST iirc
Old 16-01-2009, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by *Bri.4.b.Cos*
8 bolt lsd is a S2 RST and a 6 bolt lsd is a S1 RST iirc
yup! i think you would need a S1 lsd in that case or a later xr2 box...
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i don,t need a later box as i already have one,and the lsd fits fine . So it is a s2 box...thanks for that Bri ....
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