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Kevin 1G Drummer · 03-19-2010

I got the differential swapped out yesterday/today. What should have been a 2 or 3 hour job turned into a 2 day job. This should bring a new meaning to a welded diff...

Whoever did this must have not wanted to ever take the diff apart. The axles were welded into the side gears, as well as the spider gears. I ended up getting some carbide sawzall blades and cut the axle out of the diff so that I could re-use the housing. Used a chop saw to cut the axle out of the other side, then ground enough of it off to get the ring gear/diff out of the carrier housing. After much cleaning and new output shaft seals, everything went back together smoothly. On to more pics!

Looking into one side

and the other side

The new S15 Helical LSD (came with new output shafts)

The new exhaust. I'll get better pics of it now that it's installed.

03-19-2010	#138
Kevin 1G Drummer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cottage Grove Drives: Silver '02 IS300, Blue '06 Suzuki SV1000 Posts: 5,293	Re: Project S14 240sx I got the differential swapped out yesterday/today. What should have been a 2 or 3 hour job turned into a 2 day job. This should bring a new meaning to a welded diff... Whoever did this must have not wanted to ever take the diff apart. The axles were welded into the side gears, as well as the spider gears. I ended up getting some carbide sawzall blades and cut the axle out of the diff so that I could re-use the housing. Used a chop saw to cut the axle out of the other side, then ground enough of it off to get the ring gear/diff out of the carrier housing. After much cleaning and new output shaft seals, everything went back together smoothly. On to more pics! Looking into one side and the other side The new S15 Helical LSD (came with new output shafts) The new exhaust. I'll get better pics of it now that it's installed. __________________ '02 Lexus IS300 '06 Suzuki SV1000: Back on the road and ripping hard as ever!