Moving diff, drive shafts and hubs to a new chassis
Posted By : Chris Taylor, 02-May-2006, 07:04pm
I think you will need to separate the parts to do this. (I seem to recall that the diff has to come out of the chassis DOWNWARDS (because of the front
mounts).
Even if you could remove and reinstall in one lump, you'll find it rather heavy! And unless they have already been refurbished, you might well want to check over items such as the swing spring mounting pad, spring eye bushes, not to mention rear trunnions and tie rod bushes.
(You COULD leave the drive shafts attached to the spring and just remove the diff separately I suppose, but see little point as it will be rather like an octopus to reassemble; all arms wanting to go in different directions simultaneously!!!)
Even if you could remove and reinstall in one lump, you'll find it rather heavy! And unless they have already been refurbished, you might well want to check over items such as the swing spring mounting pad, spring eye bushes, not to mention rear trunnions and tie rod bushes.
(You COULD leave the drive shafts attached to the spring and just remove the diff separately I suppose, but see little point as it will be rather like an octopus to reassemble; all arms wanting to go in different directions simultaneously!!!)
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Moving diff, drive shafts and hubs to a new chassis
Posted By : Stephen Wilkinson, 03-May-2006, 08:37am
I'm putting a new spring on and bushes etc anyway. So I've already removed the spring.
Guess it's worth removing the drive shafts and the prop shaft though!