Thanks for replying Steve. I have the tools and the lift, but probably not the budget. If someone is going to follow in your footsteps, then a write up would be great but not on my account (yet).

Can you estimate the cost and more interestingly, was Cambo's the same differential? I thought he did the Quaife and if he did, I'd be interested in hearing pros and cons of each.

 

It would be much appreciated by several on the forum!

 

I'll get cracking on it gentleman

Yes your correct cambo had a quaife fitted, however removal/installation is the same procedure for both .

 

Just to be 100% clear here, I bought a complete diff from Tom Lenthall in the UK, with the Quaife already fitted. All we did here was swap one complete diff for another, the installation of the Quaife into the diff housing was done by Tom.

 

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Setting the lash and axial bearing preload is done with shims on both of the carrier bearings. Real PITA to set. Ideally you have a pile of different shims and keep swapping them until you get both a good bearing preload and lash setting. For lash I go for more than 1/16" and less than 1/8" of movement at the ring gear outer diameter or @ 1/8th turn rotation on the pinion gear. Spec is tighter, around .010" - .015" at the gear face for that diameter but I've always had them run loud when set that tight. Check the wear pattern with heavy lithium grease on both faces and if it's not in the middle of the tooth, shim the pinion gear to get it better. Of course once the pinion moves, the carrier shims need set again. Makes it a great big PITA to get set if it isn't close out of the box. Having the housing held in a vise is the only sane way to do it.