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Black95TSIawd
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Well, my original goal of having the car back in action by 9/16 will not be fulfilled. Between waiting for the front diff to show up from Japan and me taking a little longer than I expect to open up the trans, we are a no go. Life does seem to get in the way sometimes....
At this point, waiting on an order from TMZ for new shims and a few other replacement parts and I should have it all back together by Thursday this week. Tim did convince me, and rightfully so, to reshim the whole trans and not just the new diffs. Apparently some of the specs are out of spec from the factory??? Never heard of this before, but I took his word for it. He is a godsend when it comes to customer service. Well long story short, some of the bearings are out of spec, more than expected. However, the trans worked perfectly fine before the center diff gave up so I don't plan on doing anything else outside of new shims.
Freshly built 4-spider center diff with torrington bearing upgrade.
Cusco RS 1-way clutch-type front diff. I have it all apart here so I can restack the plates and get the lock-up that I want.
Random shot of the trans with the cases and differentials removed.
Meanwhile, I took my coilovers apart and had a buddy take the koni shocks with him to the SCCA Solo Nationals. Koni USA sets up shop for the week and rebuilds the shocks for the racers for minimal charges. Unfortunately for me, their shock dyno took a shit before they got to the last few sets. Oh well.
At this point, waiting on an order from TMZ for new shims and a few other replacement parts and I should have it all back together by Thursday this week. Tim did convince me, and rightfully so, to reshim the whole trans and not just the new diffs. Apparently some of the specs are out of spec from the factory??? Never heard of this before, but I took his word for it. He is a godsend when it comes to customer service. Well long story short, some of the bearings are out of spec, more than expected. However, the trans worked perfectly fine before the center diff gave up so I don't plan on doing anything else outside of new shims.
Freshly built 4-spider center diff with torrington bearing upgrade.
Cusco RS 1-way clutch-type front diff. I have it all apart here so I can restack the plates and get the lock-up that I want.
Random shot of the trans with the cases and differentials removed.
Meanwhile, I took my coilovers apart and had a buddy take the koni shocks with him to the SCCA Solo Nationals. Koni USA sets up shop for the week and rebuilds the shocks for the racers for minimal charges. Unfortunately for me, their shock dyno took a shit before they got to the last few sets. Oh well.