I must thank Mike for his brief exit from retirement to set the diff up for me. These skills need to documented somewhere!
Some ‘fun’ ensued as the diff carrier in my box had a different flange thickness to the new one I’d bought so he couldn’t set the backlash.
Luckily the Bainbridge stock came to the rescue with a correct matching diff so it could have my crown wheel fitted and be set correctly.
Turns out my box is a veritable smorgasbord of weird specifications with a later crown wheel and pinion ratio but with mechanical speedo drive pinion shaft that shouldn’t exist as the two changed at the same time!
I knew a couple of the gear sets were later (3rd and 5th) as I’d changed them years back to kill the whining noises.
Will be fascinating (for sad people like me anyway!) to see how the box is with a complete set of fresh bearings and a properly set crown wheel/pinion.
Mike also fitted the oils seals using the correct tools so maybe my goal of a dry box might be achieved this time!
