OBX Helical LSD
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I'd like to try this baby out before I sexplode my torsen.
The plan is for me to do all this reliability stuff (or pay a fellow member to do it if the price is right hint hint) and then crayon I mean cryotreat and polish all the goodies at Liberty's Gears like I did with my r&p.
The plan is for me to do all this reliability stuff (or pay a fellow member to do it if the price is right hint hint) and then crayon I mean cryotreat and polish all the goodies at Liberty's Gears like I did with my r&p.
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I have never physically touched one of these OBX units yet, so I have no idea what it will take. I'd probably charge about 100 bucks I'm thinking, unless it took like a **** ton of time.
My service would simply be a total tear down, replace the washers with the recommended preload, and going through the whole case and deburring and either dremel+ polish or glass bead as needed. I have a cabinet for media blasting, its pretty simple stuff.
I just have to see if its worth my time and if I have time to do it. I've got some experience doing projects like this, but they sometimes turn into time vampires. This seems super straight forward.
Keep in mind, i work **** tons of hours, and don't need money, but I sure as hell needa hobby... I live in my RV, and I work about 90-120hrs a week 7-days a week for about 2 months at a time...
My service would simply be a total tear down, replace the washers with the recommended preload, and going through the whole case and deburring and either dremel+ polish or glass bead as needed. I have a cabinet for media blasting, its pretty simple stuff.
I just have to see if its worth my time and if I have time to do it. I've got some experience doing projects like this, but they sometimes turn into time vampires. This seems super straight forward.
Keep in mind, i work **** tons of hours, and don't need money, but I sure as hell needa hobby... I live in my RV, and I work about 90-120hrs a week 7-days a week for about 2 months at a time...
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My diff is sitting at a package holding place in WA. Going to head down on Monday to grab it.
Also found this for those of you who want to install it yourself. Looks like the Miata diff is VERY easy to adjust. NO SHIMS!!
With pictures...
http://www.miata.net/garage/diff_rr.html
Also found this for those of you who want to install it yourself. Looks like the Miata diff is VERY easy to adjust. NO SHIMS!!
With pictures...
http://www.miata.net/garage/diff_rr.html
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You need to lay it flat like you have it, and spin it with a dial indicator on the machined surface. The little needle will move back and forth. On the low side, set the dial indicator to 0. Then go to the high side. This needs to be less than .002 I think, or whatever was mentioned above.