RE: [alfa] Re: Humming Rear Axle

["Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I used to believe this too, however I know of two people who successfully
rebuilt 2 liter limited slip diffs in their own home garages without any
significant problems and without any terribly special tools.

In both cases the problem(s) were bad pinion shaft bearings.

Both cars seem to work fine, the diffs are quiet and are free (so far) of
any weird problems.

Personally, I have not had to do this myself so far, but based on these
experiences, I would not be afraid to do one myself.

YMMV,

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of Andy
Kress
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 6:25 PM
To: alfa@domain.elided
Subject: [alfa] Re: Humming Rear Axle

Colin, it would be way simpler and much, much cheaper to swap out the bad
axle for a known good rear end from another car.  Rebuilding these
differentials is very expensive and requires special tools and
training.  BTW, congratulations on having a mechanic honest enough to admit
his limitations.  i am assuming of course that there are used rear axles to
be had in Singapore.
andy kress
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