I think this is more of a vent than a post
Well I've had to drive this thing for the last couple weeks as my daily died
So this clunking in the driveline has become more of an issue for me and I have been starting to suss it out...again. It's been going for years now but as I don't drive it much then I don't really sit down to nut it out too often.
So I have stuffed around with the clutch thinking it was that for a long time thinking it wasn't dis engaging properly etc and tried different slave, mast cylinders and pedal travel adjustment to no avail. Even though I thought at one stage I had cracked it...but I hadn't.
So thinking logically I have now ruled out the clutch. Re built gear box before this all happened kind of ruled that out...for now. Uni joints? All in excellent condition with no play.
Diff? Well I thought it had too much free play but I have been spending my precious weekend grovelling under the car changing duffs with a spare I have lying around (LSD r160) so LSD for the first time in a long time.
But! Got the old diff out and it doesn't have that much play in it it seems.
There is slight play in the rear left axle to flange which could contribute and also slight play in driveshaft to gearbox! So maybe all this adds up to the clunking? Wo knows. I'm so over it but got to keep going I guess.
So I also noticed that ( I think the last time I changed the diff was just before all this clunking drama) the diffmoustache bar extra plate thingy was bolted on the wrong side I.e the diff side. I think it should be on the outside so the moustache bar has tension on the diff? I'm a fool.
Well maybe that also contributes to my problems?
Maybe it will be back together tomorow and test the new diff which was supposedly rebuilt when I purchased it. It does feel very tight and no free play.
I just have to swap a flange end onto my half shafts as the r180 shafts have a spline input on the diff side. Another annoyance was that I bought 240z shafts for this diff swap thinking they were the same as 1600 ones but they are to short for the r160 in a 1600 And won't bolt in, hence the changing of a bolt flange onto the longer shafts. It's wierd but they are about 15-20mm or so longer at full stretch.
Also finding it difficult to extract the uni joints.
So a great weekend so far...
Sorry no photos in this post how boring!