Originally Posted by
2dialed
thanks for the reply. i saw your video and put the ball diff in and it's much easier to drive but feels like it's slower or diffing out in the turns and the nut backing off even though it's pretty tight at the start of a run. u say the awesomatic gear diff offset doesn't work but do u know if the xray or arrowmax gear diff could fit.or maybe a different thrust bearing set up like the slapmaster with no bellvue washers but i can't seem to find the slapmaster one. on the front i went with a 1.5 mm spacer in the front and no spacer in the rear should be more than 5 degree caster and was wondering if i could get more ride height if i remove some droop shims from under the hub. i'm down to 40mm front tires and trying to get 3.5mm ride height in the front . now i.m at 3.2 mm ride height just not sure if u can change ride height with droop shims
I have run both the Xray and the Awesomatix gear diff in my eclipse without issues. I have not tried the Arrowmax one as of yet. I will say the Awesomatix one is far superior, in my opinion, to the Xray gear diff. The buid quality is top notch and you can use any spur gears that you want. I am currently running a thin spur like the RW ones mentioned earlier in this thread and they are very good too. You will need to use the appropriate spacers to get the correct width is all. The other thing you need to do is either cut the wheel screws shorter or add shims so that you don't bind the screws onto the end plates of the gear diff.
Out of curiosity does the nut you are using have the little peice of nylon still in the one end? If not that is a possible reason it is loosening off during a run. This was common in the old days when we use to use a plastic 11/32 nut on the diff if you tightened it down just that little too much and stripped it even the slightest.
Yes you can change the ride height with the shims there too if memory serves me right.
Jon