yorkshire_spam Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Quoted from glang- Thanks, sounds good though Im worried the shims might snag and get damaged. Does it need a tap or is hand pressure usually enough to push the carrier into place? Thickest shims on the outside, thinner ones sandwiches between the races and the thick outer shim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldry1500 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 So an update.. The pin is out. New Thrust washers in, but still some play. A carrier bearing got damaged in the removal of the pin so new bearings now on order from moss along with extra shims and bigger thrust washers as Moss do them in 4 sizes. Looks like i may have a few late evenings this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Sounds like progress (of sorts). I found finding the parts (shims and thrust washers) really tricky, nowhere seemed to have anything like the selection that's listed n the parts book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldry1500 Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Slow progress, but progress none the less. Moss Europe had some shims 0.003" so i have purchased 10 of those along with a new pair of bearings. C2C this weekend so focus has shifted to my mates Spitfire and i will resume next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldry1500 Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Slow progress, but progress none the less. Moss Europe had some shims 0.003" so i have purchased 10 of those along with a new pair of bearings. C2C this weekend so focus has shifted to my mates Spitfire and i will resume next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paudman Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Laurence - I'm still waiting for the next time we meet so I can get you to set the preload on my Herald diff... yes I know it's easy, but only if you know how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Colin the side bearings with crown wheel removed you shim it till it is too tight then remove shims to the point it is not. You then refit the crown wheel and shuffle the shims to correct the mesh. The pinion is the opposite but same principal, you add shims to loosen instead of removing them. Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt306 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I am working on my spit iv diff. Anyone know where i can get some shims for the sun and planet gears. I took mine to bits, no shim behind the sun gear. A very worn shim behind one planet and another marked .39 on the other. The only place i could find shims was at Moss and ordered the thinnest of both. .39 planet and .35 sun. The sun gear is a funny material not copper. After fitting them without too many problems the gears have no end float but i cant move them by hand so i think i need some thinner.anyone know of some suppliers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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