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Rear LSD getting a bit tired. To shim or not to shim?

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:13 pm
by dansharp
Hi tried searching and haven't had much luck. My rear lsd is getting a bit tired in my GQ, doesn't always spin 2 for some reason.
Is shimming hard to do or not? Could this be done by me easily enough?
cheers

Re: Rear LSD getting a bit tired. To shim or not to shim?

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:20 pm
by heathhoppy
dansharp wrote:Hi tried searching and haven't had much luck. My rear lsd is getting a bit tired in my GQ, doesn't always spin 2 for some reason.
Is shimming hard to do or not? Could this be done by me easily enough?
cheers

Air locking would be better if you got the coin lying around but shimming is easy to do and cheap if you are doing it your self

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:22 pm
by dansharp
Yeah wedding coming up got the coin but will get the divorce before the wedding if i spend it on anything but the wedding lol.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:35 pm
by IN24BZ
shiming of an lsd is not a hard thing to do, i usedto have a gq centre in my shed ill pull it open and inspect it to find an apropriate shimming material for advice its all nuts and bolts and its easy

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:46 am
by dansharp
Thanks mate! I did find these on ebay that gave me the idea http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nissan-Patrol-GQ ... tsupported
Not sure if it just another cheap ebay piece of junk or if they would be ok

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:55 pm
by IN24BZ
for 10 bucks mate i wouldnt go past it , in some toyota diffs u just use a big washer to pack under the spring in it =] it will be come aparant when u split the centre where that piece goes

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:42 pm
by dansharp
Cheers mate will do.
Ill let ya's know how it goes!

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:03 pm
by patrol28
4h
sell shimes on e bay for 10 bucks
it might sound cheap but it works how ever u need two per side so its 40 bucks not 10 bucks and its al most as good as locked nissan diff is top notch in standard form refresh it plus a bit more its gunna hall ass