Weight of rear diff

gomer_110 · 03-15-2016, 07:14 PM

Does anyone have a good approximation of what the rear diff weighs?

Trying to decide if I want to tackle installing my new lsd myself or just take it to a shop.

BGTV8 · 03-15-2016, 08:38 PM

All I can say is that it is f4rking heavy .... I can lift it myself off the floor (just) but you will require a transmission jack and the car in the air to do anything with it.

Forget any idea of holding it above you head yourself.

Unless you have a hoist and transmission jack, forget it - not worth the hernia !!

jchammond · 03-15-2016, 09:27 PM

i'll weigh mine tomorrow-still have it out....i lowered it down onto my chest & rolled it off/ heavier than i thought;but i will post weight tomorrow.

jchammond · 03-16-2016, 09:32 PM

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80lbs. Without cover

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Felix 808 · 03-16-2016, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jchammond

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Yep

that's about what mine weighed when I shipped it to it's new home.

To the OP as mentioned, they have these things called floor jacks that make it easier to manipulate.

jchammond · 03-24-2016, 03:20 AM

85lbs. with rear cover bolted on & oem front mounts attached (no oil)
that is with a Quaife ATB (QDF10L) installed for an A/T ~Z~
Did not weigh it with open diff. (carrier w/spider gears & cross pin)

gomer_110 · 03-24-2016, 06:57 AM

Thanks for the numbers.

Think I'll just take it to a shop based on the weights.

Boss_302 · 03-24-2016, 07:17 AM

I'm 62 and I had no problem R&R this.

greasebeast · 03-24-2016, 01:25 PM

i'd take it to a shop, if you drop it out yourself and bring it in they'll only charge you $150-$250 for the install

jchammond · 03-24-2016, 07:26 PM

A shop? I am my shop; with the cost of upgrades for this thing/ would never consider letting anyone else do it.

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oxymoron · 03-27-2016, 08:04 AM

I did mine by hand. By myself. It was terrifying lol.

JARblue · 03-27-2016, 08:35 AM

A couple years ago I bought a transmission jack on sale at Harbor Freight for barely $100. Might be a good option now and could be useful in the future

Masterbeatty · 03-27-2016, 09:50 PM

Yea i pulled it out on my chest but had to use a motorcycle jack to install it. But i also had the quaife and oil in it.

1slow370 · 03-31-2016, 01:56 AM

haha yeah i had it at 87lbs with fluid, and i won a bet against a coworker once, he didn't think it was possible to pick it up, lift over your head, position it on the car on a lift and start a front bolt by hand. I got pics somewhere.

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

03-15-2016, 07:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
gomer_110 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perrysburg, OH Posts: 17,992 Drives: '11 Nismo #528 GM Rep Power: 36940	Weight of rear diff Does anyone have a good approximation of what the rear diff weighs? Trying to decide if I want to tackle installing my new lsd myself or just take it to a shop. __________________ '11 370Z Nismo #528 Fast Intentions \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Uprev \| CSF \| Zspeed \| Z1 Motorsports \| AST \| Swift \| SPC \| SPL \| Whiteline \| Hotchkis \| Bride \| Schroth \| Robispec \| Cusco \| Nismo \| Volk \| Forgestar \| Hoosier \| RJM '17 Titan Bone Stock

03-15-2016, 08:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
BGTV8 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: 03350 Australia Posts: 1,503 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z M6 Rep Power: 29907	All I can say is that it is f4rking heavy .... I can lift it myself off the floor (just) but you will require a transmission jack and the car in the air to do anything with it. Forget any idea of holding it above you head yourself. Unless you have a hoist and transmission jack, forget it - not worth the hernia !! gomer_110 likes this.

03-15-2016, 09:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
jchammond A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Carolina Age: 57 Posts: 15,204 Drives: 13’ 370Z TS 7A/T Rep Power: 2684394	i'll weigh mine tomorrow-still have it out....i lowered it down onto my chest & rolled it off/ heavier than i thought;but i will post weight tomorrow. __________________ MazWorx built long block \| FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 \| IPT built 7A/T http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

03-16-2016, 09:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
jchammond A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Carolina Age: 57 Posts: 15,204 Drives: 13’ 370Z TS 7A/T Rep Power: 2684394	ImageUploadedByTapatalk1458181926.992540.jpg 80lbs. Without cover Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk TerribleONE, 2011 Nismo#91, JARblue and 7 others like this. __________________ MazWorx built long block \| FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 \| IPT built 7A/T http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

03-24-2016, 03:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
jchammond A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Carolina Age: 57 Posts: 15,204 Drives: 13’ 370Z TS 7A/T Rep Power: 2684394	85lbs. with rear cover bolted on & oem front mounts attached (no oil) that is with a Quaife ATB (QDF10L) installed for an A/T ~Z~ Did not weigh it with open diff. (carrier w/spider gears & cross pin) gomer_110 likes this. __________________ MazWorx built long block \| FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 \| IPT built 7A/T http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

03-24-2016, 06:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
gomer_110 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perrysburg, OH Posts: 17,992 Drives: '11 Nismo #528 GM Rep Power: 36940	Thanks for the numbers. Think I'll just take it to a shop based on the weights. __________________ '11 370Z Nismo #528 Fast Intentions \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Uprev \| CSF \| Zspeed \| Z1 Motorsports \| AST \| Swift \| SPC \| SPL \| Whiteline \| Hotchkis \| Bride \| Schroth \| Robispec \| Cusco \| Nismo \| Volk \| Forgestar \| Hoosier \| RJM '17 Titan Bone Stock

03-24-2016, 07:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
Boss_302 Base Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NY NY Posts: 150 Drives: 11 Nissan 370z S Mt Rep Power: 12	I'm 62 and I had no problem R&R this.

03-24-2016, 01:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
greasebeast Base Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: bay area Posts: 14 Drives: 2010 370z Rep Power: 10	i'd take it to a shop, if you drop it out yourself and bring it in they'll only charge you $150-$250 for the install

03-24-2016, 07:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
jchammond A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Carolina Age: 57 Posts: 15,204 Drives: 13’ 370Z TS 7A/T Rep Power: 2684394	A shop? I am my shop; with the cost of upgrades for this thing/ would never consider letting anyone else do it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk AntiVenom and BettyZ like this. __________________ MazWorx built long block \| FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 \| IPT built 7A/T http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

03-27-2016, 08:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
oxymoron Base Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 32 Drives: 09 370z MT Rep Power: 9	I did mine by hand. By myself. It was terrifying lol.

03-27-2016, 08:35 AM	#12 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,449 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	A couple years ago I bought a transmission jack on sale at Harbor Freight for barely $100. Might be a good option now and could be useful in the future __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

03-27-2016, 09:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
Masterbeatty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Whales Vagina Posts: 4,586 Drives: the speed limit... Rep Power: 122866	Yea i pulled it out on my chest but had to use a motorcycle jack to install it. But i also had the quaife and oil in it. __________________ 2011 MB 6MT Masterbeatty journal

03-31-2016, 01:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
1slow370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: In the D Posts: 3,732 Drives: v8 74 260z ;) Rep Power: 7250	haha yeah i had it at 87lbs with fluid, and i won a bet against a coworker once, he didn't think it was possible to pick it up, lift over your head, position it on the car on a lift and start a front bolt by hand. I got pics somewhere. JARblue likes this. __________________ ANSWER PRICE LIST Answers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $0.75 Answers (requiring thought) - - - - $1.25 Answers (correct) - - - - - - - - - - $12.50

03-31-2016, 02:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
YzGyz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Houston Posts: 1,449 Drives: 2010 Nismo Rep Power: 62	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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