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how to work out which diff I have
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 12:23 pm
by crossie
Current diff has no tag on it
Is there a way to work out what ratio it is?
Its not on a car
Re: how to work out which diff I have
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 12:33 pm
by DanThe
Most accurate way is to remove cover, count crown wheel teeth and divide by number of pinion teeth
Re: how to work out which diff I have
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:39 pm
by Brianmoooore
Paint marks on the input flange and one of the output flanges.
Hold one output flange still, and turn the input flange ten turns while counting how many turns and part turn the other output does.
The ratio is half the number of turns the flange does. For example, if the output flange did 8 1/4 turns, then half of that is 4.125, which will be a 4.1 diff.
With a working LSD, you just let both output flanges turn together, and that will give the ratio directly.
Not as accurate as what Dan says, but close enough for you to match it to one of the available ratios.
Re: how to work out which diff I have
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 12:23 pm
by crossie
Do each crown wheel have a different number of teeth?
Just trying to work out how I ll be able to see the pinion teeth!
Re: how to work out which diff I have
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 12:48 pm
by crossie
Thanks guys am sure I ll work it out!