OBX Helical LSD
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The washers only offer a small amount of preload just enough to keep the guts from rattling around.
There is a Torsen called a Type 2 R that uses clutch packs to provide enough preload to prevent the diff from turning into an open on wheel lift.
The T2R is used in the s2000 and based on indirect evidence I'm willing to bet the MSM Miata has one as well.
There is a Torsen called a Type 2 R that uses clutch packs to provide enough preload to prevent the diff from turning into an open on wheel lift.
The T2R is used in the s2000 and based on indirect evidence I'm willing to bet the MSM Miata has one as well.
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My car's been in the shop since 9 this morning. I rode my motorbike by on my way to work around 12:30 and it was parked in the same spot but the hood was open. Obviously ogling my turbo and not working on car
Hopefully I can get it back tomorrow, and hopefully it doesn't grenade on me.
I'm doing this all for MT btw.
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I'm doing this all for MT btw.
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It's the big flat ring around the diff housing that the ring gear sits on.
It's fairly simple to detect, when you're setting the back lash between the pinion and ring gear, if the ring gear is not running true, it'll be loose on one side and tight on the other. What's OEM spec? Couple .001"? .010" isn't a lot, but definitely towards the high side of gear mesh tolerance, and I'm only used to straight or helical gears, not ring/pinion.
It's fairly simple to detect, when you're setting the back lash between the pinion and ring gear, if the ring gear is not running true, it'll be loose on one side and tight on the other. What's OEM spec? Couple .001"? .010" isn't a lot, but definitely towards the high side of gear mesh tolerance, and I'm only used to straight or helical gears, not ring/pinion.
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This sounds interesting. Not a replacement for the Type II in the MSM, but it would be a damn nice budget 3.6/LSD in an open diff for about the price of a stock 4:10/3.9 lsd.
BTW, someone mentioned they think the MSM is a torsen type II, which it is. The S2k actually uses the Mazda 7" ring gear and the mazda uses the S2k diff. A guy with an MSM replaced his diff with an OSgiken, found this out.
BTW, someone mentioned they think the MSM is a torsen type II, which it is. The S2k actually uses the Mazda 7" ring gear and the mazda uses the S2k diff. A guy with an MSM replaced his diff with an OSgiken, found this out.
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This sounds interesting. Not a replacement for the Type II in the MSM, but it would be a damn nice budget 3.6/LSD in an open diff for about the price of a stock 4:10/3.9 lsd.
BTW, someone mentioned they think the MSM is a torsen type II, which it is. The S2k actually uses the Mazda 7" ring gear and the mazda uses the S2k diff. A guy with an MSM replaced his diff with an OSgiken, found this out.
BTW, someone mentioned they think the MSM is a torsen type II, which it is. The S2k actually uses the Mazda 7" ring gear and the mazda uses the S2k diff. A guy with an MSM replaced his diff with an OSgiken, found this out.