Rocky Drive!

[loxley]

Hi all,

I am wondering about the bearings in my diff, there seems to be alot of play...ie. i can rock the drive shaft coupler about a bit..... I persume this is bad news!, any ideas, thoughts, info on changing would be greatly appreciated, can i take the diff off with the motor in situ?....

in a very much related issue would a box from a mpi swap straight onto the spi??

Thanks in advance...

[The Marcos Graveyard]

When you say you can rock the coupler about a bit, how exactly do you mean , in out, forward back, up down ?

Do they move independently or together ?

Are the drive shafts in or out ?


Any work on the diff itself will be an engine out job.

[loxley]

The drives are still connected, when i grab the coupler coming from the diff I can get up/down movement, which to me feels like the bearings are really worn... will the mpi box fit directly onto the spi engine?

[BERT]

Gearboxs are the same except for a different crown wheel and pinion ratio

[GTM Coupe]

If you had that much play the output shaft seal would be knackered and you would have lots of oil draining out of the box, I would say probably a worn inner CV joint