Hi All,
Been a while since an update has been posted.
Have not done many 5MT Centre Differentials, however have done a couple in the last two weeks.
The first one received (exchange) the unit that originally came out of Junior #2's Liberty Wagon. This was the unit that kicked off this centre differential rebuild project.
The second came from country Queensland.
Rebuilding the customer's own Centre Differential for them.
May I say that I have never (never, ever, ever) seen a Centre Differential Viscous Coupling like this.
Rather than pulling it apart and finding the clutch discs swimming in a foul smelling sticky viscous silicone fluid, it was SOLID. Not a drop of liquid to be found.
The diff would have been seized solid.
The clutch discs literally had to excavated out of the solid muck.
You can see the solid parts in the bottom of the pan.
gif hosting image upload with preview image hosting no registerThe Clutch Disc Pack was ruined were not able to be rebuilt.
A replacement Clutch Disc Pack was required.
I do not know how the car was driven?