The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXIV

Rusty · 11-28-2019, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

I'm just wondering if that's what could have caused my car to immediately go into a spin when I was doing the third gear pull. The guy I sold the quaife to has had the passenger side stub axle pop out twice on him.

Here's a pic of my stock VLSD axle stubs and the modded Z1 axle stub. The OS Giken has to use the modded stub too. You can see that the snap ring location is different between the left and right sides also.

redondoaveb · 11-28-2019, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Here's a pic of my stock VLSD axle stubs and the modded Z1 axle stub. The OS Giken has to use the modded stub too. You can see that the snap ring location is different between the left and right sides also.

I assume if the passenger side wasn't cut to the right length then it wouldn't snap into place and have a tendency to pop out? Like I mentioned, it's happened twice to him and I wonder if that's what happened to me.

If it's not the stub axle then I would assume maybe it's a failed snap ring? Quaife warranties their diffs for life, I wonder if it might not be a bad idea to send it to them and see if it's a warranty issue.

Rusty · 11-29-2019, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

I assume if the passenger side wasn't cut to the right length then it wouldn't snap into place and have a tendency to pop out? Like I mentioned, it's happened twice to him and I wonder if that's what happened to me.

If it's not the stub axle then I would assume maybe it's a failed snap ring? Quaife warranties their diffs for life, I wonder if it might not be a bad idea to send it to them and see if it's a warranty issue.

The stub in the middle is the one that gets replaced with the one on the right. The snap ring location is different between the two. It's easy to break a snap ring when you install the one stub.

redondoaveb · 11-29-2019, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

The stub in the middle is the one that gets replaced with the one on the right. The snap ring location is different between the two. It's easy to break a snap ring when you install the one stub.

If it were a broken snap ring would it be replaced with a nissan oem or is it a special quaife snap ring?

Rusty · 11-29-2019, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

if it were a broken snap ring would it be replaced with a nissan oem or is it a special quaife snap ring?

oem.

redondoaveb · 11-29-2019, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

oem.

What's really strange though is that his car drives fine for a while and then the stub axle will just pop out. I guess that may come back to what you mentioned. The snap ring could have been damaged during installation. Maybe it's partially holding? Still makes me also wonder if the stub axle popped out prior to my accident.

Rusty · 11-29-2019, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

What's really strange though is that his car drives fine for a while and then the stub axle will just pop out. I guess that may come back to what you mentioned. The snap ring could have been damaged during installation. Maybe it's partially holding? Still makes me also wonder if the stub axle popped out prior to my accident.

Could be. The only way to find out, is to take it apart.

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