R200 Questions.... Yay...

[WAG.00N]

Hey All,

I want to rebuild my r200 diff and add the extra frictions discs, BUT where do ya buy them from!!!???

All the posts i can find are from years ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[GTSBoy]

If your diff is a viscous one, do not "shim" it. Abandon the idea as a bad one. Save up for a real diff. If your diff is a mechanical one, why don't you contact a diff workshop? Yellow pages.

[dysonest]

u buy them from nissan

[WAG.00N]

Hey yeah It's a viscous type diff. I was hoping to ad the extra plates thu never came with to make it last longer.

I'll try Nissan cheers

Why don't shim it? Got Afew things to buy so just was fix this diff up for the minute.

Cheers

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

If your diff is a viscous one, do not "shim" it. Abandon the idea as a bad one. Save up for a real diff. If your diff is a mechanical one, why don't you contact a diff workshop? Yellow pages.

Or if your diff housing permits, drop in a R34 or S15 Torsen diff. Practically zero maintenance as it does not utilise clutch plates as mechanic diffs use. However does behave a like an open diff when 1x wheel is off the ground.

[GTSBoy]

Everyone who has said "I shimmed my viscous diff and made it great" is ignoring the fact that you CANNOT shim the bit that matters. The bit that matters is the viscous cartridge. It's sealed up. You put shims on the outside and all you do is add pre-load and wear in places where it isn't supposed to have it.

Viscous diffs are great in low powered FWDs, and maybe in stock low powered Skylines for a few years. But they're not worth playing with as a serious option for anything else.

[GTSBoy]

Or if your diff housing permits, drop in a R34 or S15 Torsen diff. Practically zero maintenance as it does not utilise clutch plates as mechanic diffs use. However does behave a like an open diff when 1x wheel is off the ground.

I'm doing this right now. S15 centre into R32 housing (with 4.11 gears added). It's at the diff shop getting the CW&P set up today.

Only trouble with using S15 centre is getting S15 3x2 bolt half shafts (have to use the shafts that suit the helical centre because the normal ones don't fit). So I had to get some S15 driveshafts too. At least if you get R34 helical you get all Skyline style stuff. But I couldn't find one for sale that I could be sure was helical. I bought one, but turned out to be viscous.