Rick-Manta Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 That's a shame that mate being so close, let me know if anything else comes up. Hopefully who ever bought it (if anyone) would look to sell the bits on ebay for more. Thanks again. I'm wondering if the centre ball thingy in the diff (technical term) that people weld up is the same on the GTE, early B's or other vauxhall rear axles? I'm contemplating striping the diff down to component parts and possibly replace just the damaged ones, I've got to keep the same crown gear regardless.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js auto electrical Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 mate I live in Bristol and have a complete 1.8 or gte axle, £100 - 150 quid ish, 07970 321765 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Okay thanks, I'm after a 1.8 diff though, as mentioned I am unable to collect a full axle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiney_norman Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I'd just bite the bullet and rent a van for the day to move an axle. It's only gonna cost you £20-30 surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Rick, if you do replace the whole axle I may be interested in taking the welded diff axle off you as long as you don't want anything silly for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Rick, if you do replace the whole axle I may be interested in taking the welded diff axle off you as long as you don't want anything silly for it. That's a shame I was kind of hoping to swap it for a pair of clown shoes and a fart machine, you can't get sillier than that! ..I've literally just received a diff which I'm going to try and make a good one from mine and this one, however if all goes well, I will have a welded diff with crown wheel and matched pinion shaft, the bearings and shims I will have to remove from mine and pray the backlash is in tolerance, but I will keep it by if anyone fancies it for a budget drifting car.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutthenut Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 How did you get on with swapping over the diff? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 It went well thanks mate. I did post a few pics and described it on my project page (probably a bit buried now but it's 'Anthracite Manta Hatch' if you wanted a look) I did have to replace the bearings but used everything else was the cars original and had to swap the crown gear to match the existing pinion shaft as I was told it's gear and the crown gear are a machine matched pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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