So just for the hell of it lets step through April as seen by looking at the same bunch of parts we looked at in February - but now with added stuff - actually mostly removed stuff.. as its machined, bored, drilled, turned, faced and whacked with jolly large hammers....
Pinch ring being drilled to hold the eccentrics which were mentioned ages ago
Thats the drive side bearing hiding in there - scary and expensive!
Sprocket carrier with bronze bush
Dont kink your neck - but that is an indexed eccentric bearing carrier - lines every 2 degrees
Eccentric left and right at full "soft" at front of plate
Eccentric adjuster holes 5mm - one every 20 degrees - both sides
No room for bolts on the drive side - countersunk screws instead
Dummy Assembly #2 its almost there
Note clearance chamfer - it now dosent hit the bottom engine mount!
Its all together and being beaten into submission - remember kids do not try this at home - do it in a shed where nobody can see
Money Shot - note the factory forged half shafts - with the level of planning and design that has gone into this unit there was a moment of stark panic when these were found to fit - perfectly - on both sides of the diff assembly - as you all know by now this must of course be a mistake and our engineering department is rectifying this as I type, probably with a large hammer...
But you just wait till you see the tripod housings :-)
And here you can see the spilt retaining rings - also note the traditional engineering safety footwear and precision chain tension adjuster
WAKE UP! -
I HAVE A DIFF AND I ALMOST KNOW HOW TO USE IT....
just need to make an oil tight cover and do some final adjustments.... then some drive shafts and then you can get back to looking at a race car again...
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