Weight of rear diff

YzGyz · 03-31-2016, 02:21 AM

I use my floor jack. to take the Differential off and put it back on. When removing it, I removed the bolts 1/2 way then placed the jack under her. Jacked the diff up a little and twisted the rest of the bolt out by hand. All that was left is to gently pry the rear out and she is free. I think I used a strap on her to keep her secured to the jack too.

When I put here back up, I had a 2nd hand instead of strapping her down to keep the differential steady as I slid the rear in and put te 2 front bolts in.

Yeah it's heavy but not impossible. I made a youtube video on how to remove the old junk and install some Whiteline Poly bushings in a while back.

Here is the first video. There are 9 in total. It really was not that bad of a job. It's just a little messy and took like 4 hours or so. I had to stop and record a few times. Then watch the vid to see if it was any good and record again or proceed. I had another video recorded but never uploaded it. It showed where I used a paddle bit to drill the rear bushing multiple times all the way way round. I had used a spiral type and it caught and then snapped in half on the first attempt. I then proceeded to the a 8 ton bottle jack. The jack was wedged between the bushing and the main frame.Wood was used to get the jack piston to touch the rear diff bushing where I then used it to force the middle rubber part out giving me plenty of space to fit a saw blade to cut the metal ring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtgvAYw-8Q

YzGyz

Mr.K · 01-10-2022, 11:21 PM

Does anyone have the oem diff weight with the VLSD with or without oil?

1slow370 · 01-11-2022, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr.K

Does anyone have the oem diff weight with the VLSD with or without oil?

Last page I posted that filled with fluid a manual vlsd with oil is 87lbs.

Mr.K · 01-11-2022, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1slow370

Last page I posted that filled with fluid a manual vlsd with oil is 87lbs.

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Originally Posted by madwi

Sorry, was the wavetrac unit we weighed.

Hey guys yes I did see that. So a question about that, are the wavetrac and quaife units about the same weight? I don't really need the whole assembly weight although I'm looking to see what the oem weight is for comparison. Even with just the lsd themselves then I can see roughly how much heavier the wavetrac lsd is over the oem VLSD.

03-31-2016, 02:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
YzGyz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Houston Posts: 1,449 Drives: 2010 Nismo Rep Power: 64	I use my floor jack. to take the Differential off and put it back on. When removing it, I removed the bolts 1/2 way then placed the jack under her. Jacked the diff up a little and twisted the rest of the bolt out by hand. All that was left is to gently pry the rear out and she is free. I think I used a strap on her to keep her secured to the jack too. When I put here back up, I had a 2nd hand instead of strapping her down to keep the differential steady as I slid the rear in and put te 2 front bolts in. Yeah it's heavy but not impossible. I made a youtube video on how to remove the old junk and install some Whiteline Poly bushings in a while back. Here is the first video. There are 9 in total. It really was not that bad of a job. It's just a little messy and took like 4 hours or so. I had to stop and record a few times. Then watch the vid to see if it was any good and record again or proceed. I had another video recorded but never uploaded it. It showed where I used a paddle bit to drill the rear bushing multiple times all the way way round. I had used a spiral type and it caught and then snapped in half on the first attempt. I then proceeded to the a 8 ton bottle jack. The jack was wedged between the bushing and the main frame.Wood was used to get the jack piston to touch the rear diff bushing where I then used it to force the middle rubber part out giving me plenty of space to fit a saw blade to cut the metal ring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtgvAYw-8Q YzGyz JARblue likes this. __________________ http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...gyzs-turn.html YzGyz Last edited by YzGyz; 03-31-2016 at 02:49 AM.

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01-10-2022, 11:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mr.K Base Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: California Posts: 79 Drives: 2017 370z Nismo Rep Power: 5	Does anyone have the oem diff weight with the VLSD with or without oil?