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Postby owelly » Mon May 21, 2012 8:26 pm


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Postby mjslonergan » Mon May 21, 2012 8:46 pm

I am surprised that nobody has suggested a Tiller to fix the steering problem...
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Postby owelly » Mon May 21, 2012 8:54 pm

Attila the Hun? I supose he'd have strong arms...
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Postby mjslonergan » Tue May 22, 2012 7:01 am

Would make a darn good chauffeur for sure, and having a horde, (that's horde), following you would guarantee victory in any roadrage incident...
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby owelly » Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:22 pm

So remember why I went to all the trouble of taking a perfectly good Atlas axle out of the Turd and making a De-dion set-up? Yup, so I could use the XR4X4 LSD I bought off Ebay a few years ago.
So today, I managed to drag my sorry arse off my deathbed to take off the diff cover to weld up a little hole that accidentally occurred. Which is when I noticed the lack of LSD. Its an open diff.
I siad to Jaffa at Mallory that it didn't feel very LSD-like and now I know why! Bugger.
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Postby fha772 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:29 pm

BUGGER!!!
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:25 pm

DOUBLE BUGGER!!!
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby owelly » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:05 pm

Here's what I'm looking at..
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So there's me thinking I have an open diff. However, it seems that Sierras never had proper LSDs. What they had was a viscous pack behind the crown wheel and an open diff. So I DO have what FoMoCo call a LSD.
Anyhoo, here's my holey diff cover ready to be welded...

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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:32 pm

That makes sense because you use normal gear oil in these LSD's. I knew they were different to a normal LSD but never had one open so that's where my knowledge ends.
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby philh100 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:15 pm

Just weld it up closed whilst you've got the welding kit out, no need for limiting the slip on something as light as the magenta and it'd drift a treat too. Loved my sierra with a welded diff.
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby owelly » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:26 pm

I had a welded diff in an Atlas axle and unless you dipped the clutch and gave it a bootfull, it just understeered.
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:08 pm

Went to the gym again this morning just in case I get to wrestle the Turd on Friday. I couldn't find a suitable excerise to simulate a 'Turd workout' :( Luckily, on the way home I spotted a field full of livestock :think: I hopped over the fence and chose the biggest angriest looking BULL :twisted: grabbed it by the horns and 'steered' it round the field for 30secs at a time :shock: That should do it!! :lol:
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby mjslonergan » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:03 pm

If memory serves a change of oil tightens them up a bit...
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby owelly » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:35 pm

I've never tried changing the oil in a bull.
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Re: The Tupperware Turd will be back!!

Postby TeamTotalWankel » Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:38 pm

mjslonergan wrote:If memory serves a change of oil tightens them up a bit...


The viscous unit is sealed, so unaffected by whatever oil you put in the diff (or bull :wink: ).
Apparently they can slacken with age / use, but can be re-conned / tightened up to suit your application.
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