Axel stubs loose, banging and clunking LSD!

[Zadok]

I have a VLSD out of a 180sx and being my first LSD, I didn't know what I was looking at. Now, to find out much later that the diff that was sold to me was either severely abused or, well that's got to be it. Anyways, the diff clunks real bad when turning from a dead stop or just engauging the clutch hard. Upon inspection, I noticed that the axel stubs were'nt very tight into the diff. especially the right one. There is play when rotating them back and forth and pushing the stub in and out of the diff.Is it possible that the axel stub splines are worn and new stubs might fix the problem?

[naed240sx]

Ive never heard of that happening. Sure the splines are shallow, but i dont think they can really strip unless your car is making rediculous amounts of power. Maybe they swapped the shafts one you? Is it functioning well other than that?

[Zadok]

Yeah, it hooks up great.I did 2 donuts and powered out of it last night.Very cool.Still bangs and cracks though.And my friend has a nismo 1.5 and his doesn't do it at all

[s13sr20chris]

you should really remove the diff and pull the rear cover out for a look. the stub may not be all the way in or something. really, you could try to get her in all the way with the diff in the car but i personally would want to see whats going on in there.