80series Rear Diff Rebuild

[Moose45]

I need to do pinion bearing in the rear diff of my 80series, was wondering
if its a job worth tackling myself?? or leave for a specialist.

Also whats involved in getting my LSD to work again (eg Re-Shimming),
ideally I would love an air locker but funds wont allow that yet.

Does anyone no of a good diff place in melb, prefer S/E suburbs?

[Jeff80]

If you were just doing a pinion bearing, its not hard if you have some mechanical knowledge and/or the Gregories manual and access to tools. Dont bother tackling a rebuild or carrier swap yourself, as these are a specialist job unless you know what you are doing. Also dont bother re-shimming the standard LSD. At the end of the day, it will still be an LSD. If you cant afford an air locker, go with a lock-rite or similar. Still shit loads better than an LSD, but about 1/2 the price of an airlocker. As for a shop in S/E Melb, try Keysborough diffs in Dandy. Dont expect any kind of warm and fuzzy customer service from them, but they do great work and know diffs.
Just my 2c.

Good luck

EDIT:- also, if you go to Keysy diffs, check out the hottie on the front counter!!!

[mule75]

i used to shim my lsd and it worked awesome......................... for about 6 months. it's prob not worth it as it just wears back to how it was. i just put some shim paper on between the last plates and the housing and also put a spacer in the spring. it's a bit of a waste of time. i ended up just getting an air locker.

also if you have access to a lathe make yourself a solid spacer to load the pinion bearing instesd of the shite crush sleave.