I have a Nissan 240sx I just bought. It has a the welded differtial and i'm considering changing it out for a regular one.
What would that run me for parts? and how hard would it be? i'm mechanically inclined but no mechanic. If it is really difficult how much would it cost me to get it done in a shop?
Nissan 240sx putting in a new Differential
Re: Nissan 240sx putting in a new Differential (TheGuru)
It's fairly easy. I didn't have any experience with the diff before, but I swapped mine out with s15 helical with no problem. You need these parts.
- Side seals- Gasket- Breather valve- Diff fluid
Procedure is failry simple. Drain the fluid, undo output shafts, input shaft, 4 nuts on the back and 2 main bolts under the diff. You don't have to remove rear sway bar. One thing that you have to be careful is shims on both sides. What goes out, come in to the same place. I had to use floor jack to lift the diff when install. There was no way I can lift it up on my back. That was about it. There's some articles out there, so you can search. Here's my write up. zerothread?id=245320
P.S.: Have you thought about s15 helical? It's a good upgrade.
- Side seals- Gasket- Breather valve- Diff fluid
Procedure is failry simple. Drain the fluid, undo output shafts, input shaft, 4 nuts on the back and 2 main bolts under the diff. You don't have to remove rear sway bar. One thing that you have to be careful is shims on both sides. What goes out, come in to the same place. I had to use floor jack to lift the diff when install. There was no way I can lift it up on my back. That was about it. There's some articles out there, so you can search. Here's my write up. zerothread?id=245320
P.S.: Have you thought about s15 helical? It's a good upgrade.
Re: Nissan 240sx putting in a new Differential (94_240sx)
Ok great thank you for your help.
What excactly would a s-15 helical do for the car as far as performance?
What excactly would a s-15 helical do for the car as far as performance?
Re: (biggie)
Ok i guess i could do that too. What is it thats better about a VLSD?
Re: (TheGuru)
Search... you could even look it up on google...TheGuru wrote:Ok i guess i could do that too. What is it thats better about a VLSD?
Re: (biggie)
I have a complete open diff pumpkin, but shipping will be really high...biggie wrote:Just finding a complete open diff pumkin could work as well, instead of swapping the internals.