My diff is stuck

[halboyles]

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
  Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
  He chortled in his joy."

 

That is definitely quite the beast!  Good work!

[Naz]

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
  Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
  He chortled in his joy."
 
That is definitely quite the beast!  Good work!

Thanks, I used my body like a transmission jack and pulled it out. Im having it media blasted then will change the seals and o-rings to stop the leaking.




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[NickVyse]

you think that's a boat anchor? You should try lifting the side loader! Presume you had to remove the rear rubber mount?

 

(BTW Chris - NK never got the short neck, went from long neck to side loader)

[Naz]

you think that's a boat anchor? You should try lifting the side loader! Presume you had to remove the rear rubber mount?  

(BTW Chris - NK never got the short neck, went from long neck to side loader)

 

 

I thought the long neck was the biggest one?

The girl that's media blasting it for me called it "small" as well. I was a little taken by her comment..I thought it was pretty big.

 

 Yes, I did have to remove the rear mount to get it out.

 

 

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[NickVyse]

Long neck is a small case diff, just with a longer neck. The side loader is a large case diff used behind the m30s and a whole chunk bigger. 

[HBChris]

Nick,  I should have said side loader for sure, not short neck.

[Naz]

Got her cleaned up. Just waiting on some new seals from BMW before I take it apart to paint it.


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[halboyles]

Beautiful work.

[Naz]

Beautiful work.

Thanks, I hate getting dirty so I have to clean everything before I work on it.

Maybe I picked the wrong hobby. Haha


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[halboyles]

I am certain that cleaning all parts before installing  is a certifiable mental condition as I suffer from the same malady.  It often takes more time to clean the parts than to install them.

 

Just today, as I was preparing a set of hubs for new bearings and seals, I didn't just clean up the old parts, but tapped all the bolt holes and cleaned and polished all the bolt threads.  Sorry, the glare off of the highly polished surfaces prevented any photographic evidence!

 

 

 

[Naz]

I spend a lot of time cleaning and organizing as well. It's my pleasure really. Guys like us can't put mis-matched pistons in an engine. Wink wink

 

 

 

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[NickVyse]

Nice. And you found the NLA CV boots. 

[Naz]

Nice. And you found the NLA CV boots. 

Actually they are still available through BMW. It was 60$ cdn out of Germany.


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[NickVyse]

cool - they were NLA for a while and have tracked down some universal ones which work fine (well Mich did in Holland), but they're black and not transparent.

[Naz]

Is there a reason why I was able to remove one side easily and not the other. Not sure what you call this. Drive flange? Anyway I can't seem to get the other drive flange off the diff and I want to change the seal. it seems locked in there.

 

It would seem that I need a pulley with a support bracket to get this off. Odd how the other side just slid out by hand.

 

 

 

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