Diff Chatter After Rebuild

[302w]

I just had the bearings, seals, oil, etc done on my LSD diff and the diff chatter is worse than before I had it fixed. Does it need a couple of days to settle down?

Cheers.

[Whoosha]

I wouldn"t have thought so, maybe 1/2 hour of driving around U turns and the like would have setled it down my guess would be wrong oil and or no additive

[RG]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

I wouldn"t have thought so, maybe 1/2 hour of driving around U turns and the like would have setled it down my guess would be wrong oil and or no additive

I'm with you on that Whoosh. Go find a big empty car park and get the LSD working by doing some low speed tight figure 8's. If that doesn't work ask them if they used the right oil and the right additive.

[howesy]

Originally Posted by 302w

I just had the bearings, seals, oil, etc done on my LSD diff and the diff chatter is worse than before I had it fixed. Does it need a couple of days to settle down?

Cheers.

When mine was re-done it came up trumps. had it done at JMAC Diff & Gear in Arndell Park in Sydney. Couldn't be happier and its done around 35000km. Ran it in as per directions though(100km @60km/h then 500km@80km/h) just went on a couple of big long slow drives.

[Dark Horse]

I'd just make sure the right oil and additive has been used and give it a few k's. You'll just wear the LSD out doing figure eights in an empty car park - as was explained by the guys at Craft Diffs in Granville.

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by Dark Horse

I'd just make sure the right oil and additive has been used and give it a few k's. You'll just wear the LSD out doing figure eights in an empty car park - as was explained by the guys at Craft Diffs in Granville.

No wonder we get so confused every Diff place has differant ideas :togo: we were told that low speed figure 8s and slow turns would bed the diff in, carnt see how it would ware it out as thats what there suppoesd to do I would have thought . who knows : : : :
P.S I would give Chriss at blupower a call, his dad is norhern diffs an he will put you straight

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

we were told that low speed figure 8s and slow turns would bed the diff in, carnt see how it would ware it out as thats what there suppoesd to do I would have thought . who knows : : : :

That's what I thought until I asked those guys. : :

[RG]

Bloody diff shops. I've even been told by a bloke that used to work at Ford that is what to do (figure 8's) after you change the oil.

[302w]

I was told the same thing, do figure 8's and donuts in a carpark, it's getting better but still clunks and chatters at low speed.

Diff place said they put in Penrite LIMSLIP 90 with Ford Motorsport addative and to give it a week, if it doesn't settle they will change the oil/addative to Castrol with Sturaco addative.

[5.0 ED]

How many figure 8's would you have to do before wearing out a the cones? me thinks a freaking lot, all though i will point out that you should not be doing them under load, when you put engine power down it pushes the cones outwards and increases the load, the should be nice slow figure 8's and yep its a correct procedure to bed in the cones.