Well, the rebuild of my LSD was going smoothly until having to choose the correct size shims to put on the side gears behind the other plates. I heard that without the special tool Ford #ti3j34032dollarsigns, you should just choose the largest shim that still allowed the spider gears to slide in. Consequentially, I started off with the largest shim available: .045".
That didn't work, so I began removing / reinstalling (read: PITA) the gears with gradually smaller shims until where I'm at now: .025" - the thinnest shims in the kit. Sadly, the spider gears STILL won't fit in. Both of the old shims are accounted for (ie, they didn't stick in the diff during disassembly), so I'm at a loss as to why things still won't go together.
Any ideas?
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Estoril blue 1987 TC 5spd, 146k miles, a237, Bailey BOV, spec stg3 clutch, spearco FMIC, t3/t4 50 trim / stage III .63, 3" exhaust, eec-tuner, lm1 wb, 55pph injectors
Best 1/4 mile: 12.89 @ 106mph on 25psi, 1.78 60'
Nobody told me the factory might have used TWO shims per side!!
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I figured all the shims had come out with the rest of the group during removal and didn't think of looking inside the carrier with a flashlight until getting off the phone with scott. Oh well...now i'm struggling to get that s-spring back in. All in due time...
I got mine from holcomb motorports for $45 as per your recommendation, but I've since found it cheaper at:
http://www.oemfordparts.com/PartDetail.a...artID=1072
[This message has been edited by SteveX82 (edited 12-17-2004).]
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Assuming there is not any extra shims hiding in it and you are reassembling in the stock fashon(have heard of them being assembled with 4 clutches per side), the answer is easy... The new clutches or steels are thicker than the orig. Have you tried to assemble it with no shims??? Sorry I'm not more help, but mine had two per side.
Also for trial fitting, you can leave the shims out, and put them under the side gears.
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The easiest way I have found is to assemble both sides without any shim, install the axles and c-clips, then the center pin. I then have someone pull or gently pry outward on each axle shaft and use a feeler gauge to measure the gap between the shaft and pin. I then select the next smallest shim for each side, .038 reading gets a .035 shim etc. If you have trouble on reassembly I then reduce by .005 per side.
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Steve,
Have you had a chance to try this out since the rebuild? I'm curious how well it locks up. I am assuming you used the stock clutch / steel arrangement.
Bob Myers
I haven't gotten to the track since the rebuild, but from what I've felt on the street on a few short trips, it seems to be locking up just fine under power.
Yep, I did the factory alternating friction / steel setup. I had considered reusing a pair of the old friction discs, but they were in REALLY bad shape.