Burnt Diffs

Post by **Fozdick** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:27 pm

I have access to some GQ diffs from a burnt Rb30 TRoll , will the centers be usaable or will the heat have stuffed them? paint is burnt off but oil is still good.

Post by **markil** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:36 pm

If the oil is still good I reckon there's a good chance the centres would be unharmed. How are the brakes, bearings, etc? can you turn the axles freely?

Mark.

Post by **Fozdick** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:45 pm

all that looks a bit sad as rust has setupon the rotors

Post by **Fozdick** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:49 pm

i think the centers and cvs should be pretty well protected in there but i dont know what sort of temps start to affect hardening od crownwheel etc.

Post by **Tim D** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:20 am

I pulled a remote transfer out of a burnt mq and stripped the transfer down, i found that there was oil very lightly coated to the inside of the housing, i cleaned it all , but i think it was a waste of tome as the seals were still good. Most the heat was in the body of the car, so i would gess that the diffs will be ok.

Post by **Rhett** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:41 pm

Fire burns up. I have seen houses burnt down and there timber floors stil ok. not much heat would have got to them

Post by **not not** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:22 pm

Id change all the rubber seals ie' pinion seals and oil seals as they would melt pretty damn quick

Post by **Fozdick** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:52 am

Thats a good point , i will do that when i change the pinion flanges to the big ones.

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