taylorblue5 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Hi Folks. My Ascona is originally a 1.6 car and the pinion bearing went and on changing it the pinion was damaged. I replaced the pinion and crown wheel with a 3.44 from a Manta and the end of the pinuon has snapped trying to take up the play in the shaft for preload. Is my diff different to that of a Manta is the question im asking?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
399 road Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 My 1.6 Ascona B had a smaller axle on it than the Manta ones. I swapped the whole lot for an 1800 Manta one, then built a ZF diff into it. I had to borrow a tool called a Torsionmeter to set that preload and bought a new crush washer from Dr Manta. You need to make a special spanner out of a spare torque tube driveshaft too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorblue5 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Thanks for you response Bud! Iv got all the tools i need, got new bearings and crush sleeve etc and have tried to rebuild it twice now but its now making sense 😂 New axle required me thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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