Installing my new Diff

I´m only the one telling from own experience because I did this job several times already. and always before I do something I think how to do it the easiest way and also why this just now work so and not other. the complete "car system" is equal on all cars. may be F is something special, but all kind of cars have something special what you will see when you work more than 40 years on such mechanics. it is only logical technique, nothing more. but when this technique will not work like it has to work it is so much frustrating. so I know how you feel meanwhile, even it is not a 1 hour job.

when all will go again fine it is only your merit because you are the one working on. I only can tell you from here what could be good or not. but finally you decide how you do this job. and like 208gt4 already have written: If you can conquer this you can conquer anything! I must agree 100 %

but scott: could you please tell again why you put those "ears" to the clutch? I looked in the thread but have not find why you did so. makes no sense to me such "ears"

cheering me??? lol ! ! ! one for me unknown member here already was cheering me so much because he payed me a yearly silver subscribed membership. so now I must show him that it was a good investment , otherwise I would have reached long ago my limit in uploading pictures

 

Maybe, but you gotta respect the greasy hands

 

please have a look at post no. 390 where I already asked about this
also please read post 391 where you have written because of those "ears"

 

now I´m totally confused scott

I will have a look tomorrow on my parts here. I think my "middle plate " looks other than yours, but may be I´m wrong.
I will check tomorrow

 

With your luck...I would toss a coin. Start the installation, then unistall and flip it over. It would then most likely be correct . (but my real answer is that I have no idea)

 

You had the shims in the correct places as far as I can see from the photos. If you need new pins, I have quite a few lying around I could send you.

 

you have been right scott.
I was remembering wrong with those "ears". I had an other car here with double disk clutch and there it was different.
so as I see this middle disk I would say it looks ok, but please check the thickness before installing.

 

WE also: we cannot wait until we see a small YouTube with YOU DRIVING again !

 

what are "truarc clips" ? and why 6? I only know on this clutch 3 clips coming on your self made or special for you made pins.

 

thank you for the pdf scott.
I just had a look at but can not see somewhere those truarc clips. on page 3 I think those clips are called grip rings? but I can only see 1 for each hole and on my plate there is also only 1 and not 2.

on page 4 there are the spacer shim washers. those are not all 6 equal. those under the spring plate are equal and those laying on the aluminum ring are equal. but you may meassure where the spring from the plate lays on. the thickness of the metall spring is a little different to the little step down of the aluminum ring. normaly the thicknes of the metall spring is about 5-10 /100 mm thinner, so the shims has to be those size thicker then.
hope you understand what I mean?

 

ok scott ! ! !
when I enlarge I can see 2 rings, but this is unusual ???? but ok

so this weekend you will make 1st test drive?

wish you good luck ! ! !

 

Dear Quazipsycho.....please do not go surfing....I do not want a shark to bite you. We must see this finished. GOOD LUCK!

 

what will happen scott? going surfing and get bite from a shark or testdrive your car?


to the question about the shift forks:

just now I really don´t know what you mean, the 3 forks on the shiftrods or the "nose" what is on the main rod and you turn left and right with the shifter?

first of all you may adjust the 3 forks on the 3 shifting rods. for this you need to make this as easy as you can a special tool. with this tool you press the 3 balls with the springs to the rods that they are not so easy to move again. those forks have a very little play in the sleeves up and down. so you may fasten them when they are directly in the middle.
then you adjust the "small fork controlling" ( in the parts catalog no. 15, 16 and 17 ) that they don´t touch each other when they are fastened. the recess in those fork controlling have to be all equal. best to do this is to put some piece of metal inside this recess. so that this metal is all over in those 3 fork controlling recess. when this all is done you may fasten the small forks control lever ( no. 14 ).

then you put in the the 2nd gear and install the engine. always let this 2nd gear in ! ! ! when you then connect the rear gearbox control rod ( 43 ) with the screw ( 27 ) to the gearbox you first put the gearshift lever also into the 2nd gear position. if all is ok the screw no. 27 will just fall into the hole. if not then loose the adjusting tie rod, put the screw no 27 in and then fasten the tie rod again. but let the shifter lever always in the 2nd gear position.
normaly it is then all adjusted right.

good luck ! ! !

 

good morning there scott.

it´s time to have a coffee and start