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Rear diff compatibilites with different year model rockies

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:30 pm
by RockyF75
Is there any difference between an 84 rocky and one of the 90's ones that have a limo in the back?? Would it just be a straight swap? Thinking along the lines of hunting down a centre from a wrecker for the limo... and on that note, is the limo worth the effort?

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:21 pm
by HotFourOk
Just lock it :armsup:

or ummm weld it :D LSD is good for dorrifto :armsup:

Bundy should know if the centres are interchangable... Do you reckon you could find a centre out of a 90s model one tho :?

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:12 pm
by RockyF75
HotFourOk wrote:Just lock it :armsup:

or ummm weld it :D LSD is good for dorrifto :armsup:

Bundy should know if the centres are interchangable... Do you reckon you could find a centre out of a 90s model one tho :?
I'm sure I could find one...... however when the owner sees me jacking the back of their car up I may have sum problems :D

Just curious really, no immediate plans but want to know if their interchangable cause if they are and i see one in the Trading post or sumthing I will grab it :twisted:

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:02 am
by BundyRumandCoke
Im actually not sure if they are the same. I sold a diff centre to a bloke one time, not sure what model Rocky it was going into, and it wouldnt fit cause it had a different spline count, 28 and 29, if I remember correctly.

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:32 am
by HotFourOk
So there are different centres in some Rocky's? Just dunno which ones?

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:54 pm
by Spartacus
u can buy genuine rocky LSD for 3k each IIRC...

there was mention of swapping hemispheres between front and rear.
it was bought up today for proddie class racing.

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:03 am
by BundyRumandCoke
How much for a LSD? 3 grand each. BS. That makes my Detriots worth about 5 grand each. More than the rest of the vehicle is worth.

And yes, in the earlier F70/75's the front and rear diff centres are interchangable. The only difference is the front has 2 side gears, verses the rear with 4.

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:26 pm
by flynn
BundyRumandCoke wrote: And yes, in the earlier F70/75's the front and rear diff centres are interchangable. The only difference is the front has 2 side gears, verses the rear with 4.
so how does that affect the swaping??? i wld love to be able to have 2 limos.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:40 am
by BundyRumandCoke
It doesnt. When I got my first diff lock, I took the rear centre and put it in the front for extra strength. Then when I got my second diff lock, it took the second centre out.

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:01 pm
by flynn
BundyRumandCoke wrote:Im actually not sure if they are the same. I sold a diff centre to a bloke one time, not sure what model Rocky it was going into, and it wouldnt fit cause it had a different spline count, 28 and 29, if I remember correctly.
so how can i tell if i got 28/29 splines???

and do they make limos for both???

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:39 pm
by Spartacus
flynn wrote:
so how can i tell if i got 28/29 splines???

and do they make limos for both???
you pull out ur axles and start counting biatch :finger:

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:01 am
by BundyRumandCoke
I would say the same, pull an axle, its just I wouldnt call you a biatch

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:40 pm
by SimplyPV
BundyRumandCoke wrote:I would say the same, pull an axle, its just I wouldnt call you a biatch
maybe not directly.... :oops:

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:02 pm
by Patchy
do a complete conversion with nissan patrol, thats what i plan on doing and is prob cheaper if you dont have to pay anyone else to do it