Centre diff issues solved
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Centre diff issues solved
So had some drive train issues on my 55 plate Fsti , so drinking straight forward it was fine , when the box was cold it was fine , after a decent drive and everything properly warmed up , i was getting a locking feeling on tighter turns going forward or backwards and clunking , im thinking front diff or centre diff failing or driveshaft issues , or a fluid issue , so swapped the driveshaft and box fluid a slight minimal improvement , but issue still there , at this point hoping it’s centre diff not front diff ,Megazip order made 435£ delivered plus import duty another 105£ , Hughberry vehicles in Rickmansworth given a call , booked in a few days later , it’s not an impossible job to do but really needs a car ramp , mid section of exhaust removed , prop removed , gear selector links undone , box bolts undone , a bit of tapping on the tail end of the gearbox and it came off , remove it carefully as a few bits can come out and there are two split bearings on a shaft , the centre diff is an easy pull it out job , new centre diff pushed back in , the two sets of bearings stuck to the shaft using grease , then all put back together , fresh fluid change done , the car runs a lot better now as the centre diff going was impacting the smoothness of the whole box , a big thumbs up to the garage they were very good and cheap , how do you know centre diffs failing , often when cold no clunk or binding when it’s hot then you get the clunk binding drive issues , most common cause mismatched tyres 👍😁
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http://opposedforces.com/parts/info/38913AA112/
http://opposedforces.com/parts/info/38913AA200/
Megazip ??
https://www.megazip.net/ similar to Amayama etc
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Cheers for that Don , around 90k miles , jdm import , im going to go with mismatched tyres from previous owners , im sure covered by Don , the 5 speed and 6 speed use a different central diff , 5 speed is a more common failure than 6 speed 👍
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