eugene Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I broke two adjacent ears off of one of my spring plates installing extra clutches. So far I haven't been able to source a replacement part. Any thoughts on just using one spring plate per side. I plan to make the overall clutch stack measurement match with shims/extra clutches. I think the progressive action of the diff should be affected, but imagine having the same breakaway would result in similar driveability. Any good reason not to try this? I still have the original 2 clutches and spacers, along with the 6 replacement clutches sold by savage42. I am wondering how much the spring compresses. I imagine the stack should be a small amount thinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 It will be thinner, not sure if that matters. You could shim it back up if you wanted. Some of the LSDs had no springs at all: http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/lsd2.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thanks, I guess I'm gonna try to make it work with 1 spring plate per side. I didn't like how tight it was with the 6 clutches, but all I did was measure the clutches and spacers, no testing or shimming was done. I don't know if it was binding due to incorrect thickness which caused breakage, or if incorrect install caused breakage and resulted in binding. It was probably the latter! Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 It's easy to pinch the tabs when you're screwing the case halves together. Point them in instead of out and that makes it less likely to be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah, it seems thats the way to go. I did it at work real quick one day before I went home. This time I'll do it at home and be more careful. Might even try and check torque this time. I'll post back with my results, hopefully soon. Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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