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> Limited Slip, How hard to install?
billd
post Jan 30 2006, 12:05 PM
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I'm considering putting a limited-slip differential in the 901 transmission in my 914/6. How hard is this to do? Is this just a slip-in, or are there some tricky procedures here - like setting the pinion backlash?
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post Jan 30 2006, 12:36 PM
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QUOTE (Cap'n Krusty @ Jan 30 2006, 12:34 PM)
QUOTE (groot @ Jan 30 2006, 10:26 AM)
I think the special tool is only a dial indicator.

I've set up ring and pinions before and don't think it's that hard to do.

But, I haven't read up on the procedure for the 901 to determine if it's a particular pain.

It's a dial indicator, a fixture, and possibly a turning torque wrench. The fixture's been effectively NLA for decades. When it WAS available, it was a couple thousand bucks, in 1970 dollars. The Cap'n

I have a small beam type torque wrench in inch-pounds to set the bearing preload.


I bought the dial indicator fixture off E-bay for about 50 bucks. If it was a couple thousand, I got one hell of a bargain.
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billd   Limited Slip   Jan 30 2006, 12:05 PM
r_towle   I looked into doing this myself... I asked alot o...   Jan 30 2006, 12:12 PM
groot   I think the special tool is only a dial indicator....   Jan 30 2006, 12:26 PM
jhadler   Last time I looked into getting a LSD installed, i...   Jan 30 2006, 12:27 PM
ClayPerrine   It does take special tools to do it right on a 901...   Jan 30 2006, 12:32 PM
r_towle     Jan 30 2006, 12:33 PM
Cap'n Krusty     Jan 30 2006, 12:34 PM
alpha434   I know a guy. He's got all the factory tools f...   Jan 30 2006, 12:36 PM
ClayPerrine     Jan 30 2006, 01:08 PM
J P Stein   I looked over the manual's discription of sett...   Jan 30 2006, 01:41 PM
KenH   Just did one - call me @ 408-842-0616. Not hard b...   Jan 30 2006, 04:09 PM

 

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