I broke my diff at 38k, and partly because of how quick I got the car stopped, I was able to salvage it. Since the trans was open, I decided to pick up 3rd and 5th from Ken at ProtegeGarage. Here are the pics from the project...
Prepping to rip it open:
Drivers side axle seal had been leaking fluid:
Big ol' Thumper IC:
Battery, tray and all piping out:
Trans out, the SPEC clutch surface looked brand new with only ~6k miles:
Trans out:
We tore it down at my buddy Dave's garage:
The workbench, with the essentials... Rolling Rock, and Family Guy:
Tight quarters for the 280z (with a custom built high compression 350 corvette motor):
Back of the truck with my trans parts and the turbo 'yota's engine parts:
Various shots of the gears/shafts before removing them:
The flash on the above pic killed my camera battery, so I never got any pics of the busted diff before it got dropped off to be welded.
LSD welded up:
We used a 12 ton hydraulic press to get the gears off of the shafts:
Stock shafts and gearing:
1/2 primary shaft, partially stripped down:
3/4 primary shaft, almost completely stripped down:
3rd gear, GTX on left, Protege on right:
Backside of same gears from above:
Almost ready to reassemble:
Diff back in:
Everything lined up with new gears on:
I will add the rest of the pics later this afternoon after I get them uploaded. I was scrambling to get everything back together yesterday so I didn't take many of the re-installation, but I have a couple of the totally cleaned up bay now that it is back together.
Prepping to rip it open:
Drivers side axle seal had been leaking fluid:
Big ol' Thumper IC:
Battery, tray and all piping out:
Trans out, the SPEC clutch surface looked brand new with only ~6k miles:
Trans out:
We tore it down at my buddy Dave's garage:
The workbench, with the essentials... Rolling Rock, and Family Guy:
Tight quarters for the 280z (with a custom built high compression 350 corvette motor):
Back of the truck with my trans parts and the turbo 'yota's engine parts:
Various shots of the gears/shafts before removing them:
The flash on the above pic killed my camera battery, so I never got any pics of the busted diff before it got dropped off to be welded.
LSD welded up:
We used a 12 ton hydraulic press to get the gears off of the shafts:
Stock shafts and gearing:
1/2 primary shaft, partially stripped down:
3/4 primary shaft, almost completely stripped down:
3rd gear, GTX on left, Protege on right:
Backside of same gears from above:
Almost ready to reassemble:
Diff back in:
Everything lined up with new gears on:
I will add the rest of the pics later this afternoon after I get them uploaded. I was scrambling to get everything back together yesterday so I didn't take many of the re-installation, but I have a couple of the totally cleaned up bay now that it is back together.