Drive line SOS

[LS120]

well got my 2 sets of springs back on sunday.. 1 set have been tweeked 3" and the other set 2"

so when the diff comes back i'll try the 3" ones first to see how it sits..

Oh and the cost of re-setting the springs... 1 x bottle burbon (40 oz) & 1 x carton coke (15cans)
 

[Dano]

always wondered... how do they re set the springs??, heat but how ??

[LS120]

they used a 100T press to re-set.. this guy used to have beddys for years & even made a 4wd beddy once..

[LS120]

ok got the diff back & just awaiting on the shock that needed replacing...

picks in my gallery under NEW DIFF

total cost for the diif job & drive shaft chop & ballance was $854.00 incl GST

the diff centre was out of a holden station wagon and has the same ratio 3.1:2 or 3.2:1 so all good

 

[LS120]

well it all came together today.. shocks, new 3" higher tensioned springs & new Diff.

what a diffrent beast... somuch higher in the back.. even with 2 people in the back.

im used to seeing the springs flatish but they only moved about 10%.

i'm happy with the finished item so not going to use the 2" adjusted ones.
 

[LS120]

ok update on the diff upgrade.. the F&%$#@@ thing still had the shudder.. only in reverse...

every thing was put on hold till after Xmas..

when putting in some grease nipples on the bottom ball joint (as they didnt have any.. only the top ones did) my mechanic frend comented on the clutch cable setup.. & i told him it was the way i had to set it up to make the cable fit...

the next day he droped by while i was on the camper roof painting it & said he had been thinking about it all night & that he thinks that is where the shudder is comming from & what to try..
well on the monday morrning i went to the local hardware & spent $15 on some plumbing parts & gess what... yep shudder was gone.. he was right on the button.. 

it was the clutch sheath was so tight atached to the front crossmember that when the motor reved or moved it pulled on the Clutch cable ingagiung the clutch very slightly & got worse with
the shudder.. 

well i'm happy & now doing some internal upgrades to the Batterys , Lights & solar pannels, fridge...

[Banksx2]

it was the clutch sheath was so tight atached to the front crossmember that when the motor reved or moved it pulled on the Clutch cable ingagiung the clutch very slightly & got worse with
the shudder.. 

Now there's a fair dinkum sneaky one for the books- congrats on finding the fix.

I'd still check the engine mounts though if the motor is moving that much.

Garry

[LS120]

yeah we checked those as well when doing the ball-joints & they are ok but i'm going to change them as they look alittle soft to me..

cheers

[ben]

850 for a diff cut is cheap ya done awesome!

[LS120]

thanks Ben it was the diff cut & drive shaft for $850

even better.. with the re-set springs it sit alot higher than before.. its now bum up nose down insted of the other way around...

also took it for a run & went upto 100km @ 2,200 rpm and still had go in it..

aparently the holden commadore diff heads are the same type of teeth & spline as the beddy the only diffrance is the beddys axles are only afew mills fatter than the holden.