Vanne said:
You’ll find the part number list in my thread. Again.. if you’re swapping bearings, you’ll need a shim kit. It never goes back the same way. Either that or get someone who’s qualified to do the work. Summit racing have all the bits.
I know I should take it to a proper mechanic to do this (I've even got £2k of warranty to use up) but I really want to give it a shot myself, as I love learning these things, as long as it's within a DIYer's skill limit.
I was only planning to change the pinion oil seal, nothing else.
I've played with Nissan diffs but nothing else. I assumed this diff would be similar in design.
As far as I understand, all I need to do is:
1) remove diff from car
2) mark pinion nut position and it's current torque
3) remove nut and pinion flange
4) remove oil seal(carefully)
5) clean it up
6) refit new seal
7) refit flange, tighten pinion nut to original position and torque +5 lbs/ft
8) put diff on car and torque prop and driveshaft bolts (if I ever manage to find the torque settings).
Does anyone think I've got this wrong or have somehow miss-understood the Z4 diff procedure?
Thanks a lot!