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  1. Yep thats what im planning to do bit hard though as even the sidegear slops slightly on the axle splines, I see what you mean with the mirabito vid he seemed to just wing it abit with the shims and it looked bloody tight, being dry probably didn't help. Abit of info here if you can wade through it all. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/faq-board/239666-everything-i-know-about.html
  2. Thanks ill check out the video, seen a few of his but musta missed this one. I must be on the right track, I had already machined a bit off the end of the cones, not alot about 1mm. They are pretty warn so it's never going to be perfect anyway. I was a bit suspect of the diff so I pulled the head out for a squizz and found the cross was shattered, so I suspect as you say the cones have worn that much that much that mesh opened up too much and allowed them to bind up and break. I found a forum from the states with a lot of info, it had the measurements you speak of but I can't use them as the diff in question is actually a holden salisbury not a BW but they seem to be basically identical, I was also pleasantly surprised to see it had been 4 pinion swapped and as far as I know they use BW internals in them when they do this, im not sure if the cones and side gears are GMH or BW units though, BW would be good as they are still available new. Plan so far is to assemble one half on an axle vertically and then shim the side gear up until the backlash is almost all gone, then do the same with the other half. Im guessing the mesh will have a little bit of wiggle room as its constantly changing as the cones wear down. Anyone know how far they are from bottoming out in the housing with new cones? Yeah I ordered one yesterday to build a 2nd diff, since its offset for a different ratio I cant use it in this diff but may i aswell get this one back together for bugger all to keep the car rolling, learn something, and then keep it as a spare.
  3. Hey @johnny.racehave you or anyone else for that matter had any experience with shimming a BW type lsd center?
  4. Saw it parked up there, looked bloody ace. Seeing the build thread on here beforehand made it even more impressive.
  5. Sweet sounds like what I'm after, do you remember where it came from or was it just like rolled up bundy tube brake line type stuff?
  6. Was that with PTC fittings @MRWEST?
  7. What kind of hardline are you fellas running?
  8. Looks like the one tortron couldn't find any 8 pin ones on there though. Might need to get a pair of 12s and re-pin them
  9. Anyone know what kind of plug this it so I can source it's mate? Need to join onto this but not keen to cut connector off to join wires.
  10. Grabbed this from the rotary thread, anyone know a paint code or name for the Matt green rx2?
  11. Haha thought I had seen those somewhere before
  12. Place needs more warrent inspectors like this most wouldn't pick that balljoint wasn't correct especially if it was muddy/2nd hand looking with everything else but still ping you for something like no water in washer. I do all my own work and like having someone check over my stuff to make sure it's safe as it's pretty easy to forget to tighten a bolt after you've had your whole car apart lol. In my case I'm looking at buying a cruiser with cert for 1uz and auto but now manual back to manual. The cert is meaningless as it requires a recert, I guess it should be easier for recert tho as only the gearbox mounts/pedal box will need inspected or does the whole conversion need rechecked. Kind of off topic but we were on a run in a mates 68 Impala a while back fresh full build and a upper a arm bolt fell out causing the whole top arm to depart at 60mph, so no cant trust anyone lol
  13. Haha don't get me wrong I think there should be requirement for a cert after a gearbox change. The way it was explained to me by a certifier was that after a cert that was essentially the new OE spec for the car, so any deviation requires recert, if the modifications don't meet the threshold then why would it require a recert? Those things would be modifying the braking system but swapping a pedal box is not. As I said before not having ago just a healthy discussion.
  14. Let's say I have a vehicle which was originally manual but has been engine swapped and auto is stated on cert plate, then it gets changed back to manual. I go for a WOF and the man says no deal as its not certed for the manual, however if the braking system is not modified it doesn't need a cert. Then i would have to get a cert for something that doesn't need certified lol
  15. Just can't see how one clutch pedal being installed automatically results in requiring a cert. If you swap pedal boxes and the brake side of things are identical then you aren't really modifying the brake system. Thus shouldn't require a cert for a gearbox swap. I mean I think you should need a cert for gbox swap but according to the threshold the only issue is that the braking system IS modified by fitting a pedal box with a clutch. Not having a go but its the whole interpretation thing
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