Need help with a Locker Diff

[JXL]

Hey Guys,

Just bought a Skyline with a locker diff fitted. I didn't want it on there but the car was a cheap price and the engine was good.

I want to get rid of the locker diff and go back to normal cause I'm not drifting enough for me to use it and i don't want to shred the tyres needlessly.

My question is I can't figure out what brand or type of diff it is.

When the car was getting the springs changed and up on the hoist the guys at WA Suspensions couldn't tell me without actually opening it up.

Can anyone recommend a diff mechanic in Perth metro that would be able to look at it and tell me what brand and model it is.

THanks.

I actually want to get rid of the diff and swap it with a standard one so if anyone is interested let me know and we'll do a straight swap but buyer will have to front the cost of the diff getting taken off and fitted.

[Duncan]

They probably won't be able to tell without opening it coz all the tricks are on the inside, the outside casing normally remains the same.

And without meaning to push up the price for the buyer....you should be able to get swap + a nice cash adjustment for a mechanical diff...

[Jay95R33]

If you can put up with the noise (skipping) they make, then I've found that the tyre wear isn't that much worse than the stock diff. Just a thought.

J

[JXL]

Thanks for the reply guys.

Yeah the grinding gripping noise it makes is quite alot. Its really working hard even on a soft corner.

How much are locker diffs usually worth?? The WA Suspension guys said roughly around $1700. I dunno what someone is going to charge to look at it and tell me what it is.

But if someone wants a straight swap with a good condition standard or preferably new diff and is willing to pay for the installation at a mechanic i'll go for that. I want to get mine checked out first to see what its all about though.

[Jay95R33]

Cool,

Also some mechanical diff's can be loosened up a bit by using oil additives. Not all, but some... It depends on the type of diff etc.

Might be worth looking into.

J

[Guest RedLineGTR]

Thanks for the info guys sorted some things out that i was wondering about

[JXL]

Yeah will give it a shot just need to find out what the thing is, don't want some guy that doesn't know bugger all and charging me heaps to look at it.

[B-Man]

Damn - wish you were in Sydney - after Drift day today , a mechanical diff is my next mod !

[JXL]

damn, well i hope someone wants it, looks like alot of people are scared off by it or something. Not much interest in it over here in Perth.

[BU5TER]

I'll take it and organise mine for you, pm me your mobile and I'll call you

Brett

[rb20-calais]

lockers > LSD

[DoughBoy]

I dunno Evan, some of the tight lsd's are pretty good - they lock up as soon as there is any acceleration and variation between the two wheels. Way around it is to roll around corners and round-abouts - any use of the accelerator around tight corners gets the wheels hopping.

[JXL]

Thanks for the replies guys, going into SST today to get them to look at what I have under there.

I'll take it and organise mine for you, pm me your mobile and I'll call you

Brett

Hey man , yeah be interested but i'll need to get yours checked out before i agree to the swap just to make sure that everything will be alright, don't want to go from one problem to another, hope you understand.

I'll send you my mobile later tonight after i've seen SST.

[JXL]

lockers > LSD

Yeah to drift and life length i was told, easy as to drift with a locker even if you don't really know how, just hang the wheels 90 degress put your foot in and watch the arse end fly. And you can correct yourself pretty well.

But just driving around all you hear on a turn is skipping and grinding.

[Guest INASNT]

I peosonally like my locked diff, only it sounds farked in a tight underground carpark driving along at 10 km/h

[B-Man]

Mine is not daily driver so I don't give a rats about noise.

Try driving around on semi slicks - they whine like a bitch !

[Duncan]

don't they....noisey bloody things....but those diffs are pretty damn anti-social too....just gotta remember not to accelerate while turning at slow speeds....

[rb20-calais]

I hape a VL so the options are minispool or dodgy LSD that like to aim you at trees mid corner, I have gone locker -> LSD and now i am back to a locker, just watch accelerating through tight corners for street use in the wet, deadly stuff.

Evan

[JXL]

I hape a VL so the options are minispool or dodgy LSD that like to aim you at trees mid corner, I have gone locker -> LSD and now i am back to a locker, just watch accelerating through tight corners for street use in the wet, deadly stuff.

Evan

Yeah thats my problem at the moment, i live near the beach and there are heaps of short tight corners that make my car sound like a machine gun from the barracks.

Specially since its winter man just accelerate over 3000rpm around and it might skid into someone's car.

Yeah if we were allowed to drive at 60kmh around every corner i'd be fine.

[JXL]

SST have offered to swap the diff with a standard and waive the installation and do what ever else is needed to get the car running so i hope i'm easy sailing next week.