CV's or Diff Clicking / tyres slipping

[gazzy2000]

 boostin']

[quote name='boostin said:

Standard old BE/BH manual box??

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yesum

so what do you actually repair in side them then?

I just clean all the sticky gunk out of them and reassemble it.

I have just been emailing the guy i originally got the second hand center diff off, he has a gear box, auto trans /diff specialist workshop, he says there is no way to get into them.

And he knows the kind off diff i have. He has asked that i check the numbers on my rear diff an g/box to make sure no one has been fuking with them incase there is a ratio missmatch causing issues.

So i dont know, i am sure if you cud dismantle them he would surely know. maybe we are talking about different diffs??

[Guest boostin]

Weird. Or maybe he's never tried.

Next time I've got half an hour or so I'll go strip one down and snap some pics of it coming apart.

[gazzy2000]

 boostin said:

Weird. Or maybe he's never tried.

Next time I've got half an hour or so I'll go strip one down and snap some pics of it coming apart.

I'd say! yea pics wud be good, he did say they had tried to service them on a couple of occasions and definately cudnt.

[Guest]

well my issue was also the centre diff and well as rear diff mounts? were stuffed!

finally fixed and have my baby home today

[gazzy2000]

 missGTB said:

well my issue was also the centre diff and well as rear diff mounts? were stuffed!

finally fixed and have my baby home today

nice one, youd be stoked! how much did it cost you in the end?

[Guest boostin]

I'm guessing not much change from $2k if all new parts were used.

[gazzy2000]

 boostin said:

I'm guessing not much change from $2k if all new parts were used.

what are the bushes worth?

[Guest boostin]

Last I checked the CD was $1250+ and the bushes were around $80+ each, so there's $1400+ gst in parts alone.

[gazzy2000]

 boostin said:

Last I checked the CD was $1250+ and the bushes were around $80+ each, so there's $1400+ gst in parts alone.

ohh goodie!

[Guest boostin]

Yeah not a cheap exercise. Hence my idea of fixing the diff.

[gazzy2000]

 boostin said:

Yeah not a cheap exercise. Hence my idea of fixing the diff.

for sure that wud be the sh1t!

[kamineko]

last time i pulled a vicious centre diff apart, i remember the vicious unit being welded closed? this is only my memory tho lol

[Guest boostin]

The early ones are viscous, the later are clutch pack.

[Guest boostin]

Just for gazzy I went and pulled apart the BH centre diff again.

Take the circlip off, give it a few taps and all this comes out. Normally covered in black very smelly gunk.

[gazzy2000]

 boostin said:

Just for gazzy I went and pulled apart the BH centre diff again.

Legend, i will forward these on to the chap and see what he says ay!

thanks

[pl0x]

Pretty sure ive got the same prob, startin happening last night?

will this cause any more damage if i keep driving it?

hmmm could i just get a welded (rwd) center diff and chuck it in?

is it just be/bh legacy that have this issue?

its cheaper to buy a whole sti gearbox??

[Guest boostin]

Nope, it happens to them all.

[gazzy2000]

 pl0x said:

Pretty sure ive got the same prob, startin happening last night?

will this cause any more damage if i keep driving it?

hmmm could i just get a welded (rwd) center diff and chuck it in?

is it just be/bh legacy that have this issue?

its cheaper to buy a whole sti gearbox??

Bugga man! i feel your pain

driving in a straight line is fine, really.... you can drive them like this for ages, you are only avoiding the $1500 to $2000 bill to fix it.

Even then, as stated make sure the dude fixing it is not a muppet, the right oil is essential!!

I think i might see if mine can go till late this year LOL when the missus goes back to work so we can afford it.

When buying BH's you really do have to go for a 20-45 min drive on the open road, warm the diff right up then do the tight turning circles, lock to lock and feel/listen for the binding.

Then if the problem is there, tell the dude youre buying the car off to drop his price by $2000.00 LOL

[pl0x]

So what is it that need replacing? front diff which is in the Gbox? so gbox needs to come out and apart? or center diff?

Will making it rwd solve my problem for now lol?

[Guest boostin]

Its the centre diff. No need to take the box out, just drop the back housing off.

RWD will solve your problem, but you need to pull the CD out anyway to lock it up. You might as well strip it down and rebuild it.

[gazzy2000]

 pl0x said:

So what is it that need replacing? front diff which is in the Gbox? so gbox needs to come out and apart? or center diff?

Will making it rwd solve my problem for now lol?

Its the center diff, and no the G-box dosent need to come out, they take the arse end of the box off to do it.

Drive shaft needs to come off too, and its a good time to do the rear diff bushes if they need it too.

i looked at doing it myself but found out rather fast youd need a pit or a hoist.

I dont know about making it a RWDs, someone here will.

[gazzy2000]

How come its only BH's that get this issue and not say the equivalent years V5/6 WRX or V7 gearboxes?

That said, would a solution be to get a WRX/STI box and matching diff instead of fixing the BH one?

[Guest boostin]

They all do it, but the Legacys seem to be more common for it.

[pl0x]

yea thats true but $200 for rwd center diff & parts etc compared to $1400 for new center diff & bushes haha?

would a cause have been the new front tyres & worn down rears?

[Guest boostin]

 pl0x said:

yea thats true but $200 for rwd center diff & parts etc compared to $1400 for new center diff & bushes haha?

would a cause have been the new front tyres & worn down rears?

Yeah definitely. They don't like different rolling diameters.