ORIGINAL: droidswarm
ORIGINAL: herb99
ORIGINAL: droidswarm
Still (slowly) continuing with my build... just dropped the centre diff in and have a question
When I turn the centre diff with my thumb the front drive shaft occasionally catches and wont spin (while the back one continues to turn without problem). Have I made a mistake or is this normal? It may well not be a problem when the engine is proporly running.
Do I need to take the front diff apart to investigate?
Cheers
Yeah I would pull the front diff down, I had mine do the same thing with the rear diff. Your gear mesh might be too tight, I put 1 shim in the diff on the opposite side of the crown gear and it spins freely without feeling notchy. Test if it moves freely before you put the diff back on the chassis, then you dont have to pull everything down again.
Just looked at doing this, and it looks like a hell of a lot of work, Is there an easy way to get the diff out without basically reversing the whole installation?
ORIGINAL: j_blaze
if you mean the front, its 9 screws total, 6 i the front and two below (front two) then the bottom screw of one of the shocks so the cvd's slide out. takes about 5 minutes by hand.
I still quite cant see it! Do you leave the rear half of the gear box case attached to the chassis?
(I dont have the shocks in yet so wont need to worry about the last part)