Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Round 3, Round 4 and Mini Spool
Managed 4th outright and 3rd in class DO (4wd Open) again in May's round 3.
The rear RS diff was due for a rebuild for sometime now, it stopped locking probably 3-4 events ago I guessed it was probably worned plates. When I took the diff apart it looked like one of the end spring plates was replaced with a friction disc instead. I assume this was done to reduce the preload.
I would have just rearranged the plate order. But the thing is whoever did this before me had the extra friction plate in wrong order and was rotating against the case!!! thus wearing into it taking material off. So the case is pretty much a write off.
Chance of getting a replacement spring plate before the next round didn't look good. So I reassembled the case with mini spool for round 4. FULLY LOCKED 100%!!!
Anyway, with the locked rear diff I headed for Round 4 and managed 1st place outright! the weather had a lot to do with it though. Faster guys had to endure the rain in the afternoon session while I was lucky enough dry morning runs.
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| Round 3 reults |
The rear RS diff was due for a rebuild for sometime now, it stopped locking probably 3-4 events ago I guessed it was probably worned plates. When I took the diff apart it looked like one of the end spring plates was replaced with a friction disc instead. I assume this was done to reduce the preload.
I would have just rearranged the plate order. But the thing is whoever did this before me had the extra friction plate in wrong order and was rotating against the case!!! thus wearing into it taking material off. So the case is pretty much a write off.
Chance of getting a replacement spring plate before the next round didn't look good. So I reassembled the case with mini spool for round 4. FULLY LOCKED 100%!!!
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| The diff is out |
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| Diff disassembly and mini spool |
Anyway, with the locked rear diff I headed for Round 4 and managed 1st place outright! the weather had a lot to do with it though. Faster guys had to endure the rain in the afternoon session while I was lucky enough dry morning runs.
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| Round 4 Result |
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