Wednesday 25 February 2009

Diff mounting - spacer tube (DO THIS)

Mike took the spacer and removed the burr on a lathe.

This time I got properly prepared for fitting the spacer.

I put the spacer in the freezer for a few hours and put the diff in front of a radiator. I’d got a threaded bar with nuts/washers and the copper grease ready. I gave the holes in the diff a really good clean with emery paper wrapped round foam attached to the electric drill.

In the end it was very easy to push the spacer in using my hand:

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