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hellbent_ef
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i done basically the same thing in a couple of hours lol.....less hassle by the sounds of it though.
Smashed my ef mont, had 3.45 el lsd, so i put it straight into my xe, f**k the abs sensors off, el handbrake on diff, join it to the xe original, do the same brake lines from old skool diff, and put in. oh and change flange on tailshaft to suit diff pinion.
all using xe upper and lower arms as well as sway bar and even xe rear springs. its amazing how ford have pretty much stuck with the same everything. |
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BenJ
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot to add that for $50 I bought an alloy tailshaft. The tailshaft fixed a vibration issue I had. My old tailshaft had lost a weight and the uni's were probably well past there used by date. Remember the EB has done well over 400,000kms now.
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BenJ
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: EF XR6 Diff - Installed and all is good |
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Well, it is finally done.
Yes, after all the crap, pain and heartache, I can finally smile.
I picked up the Diff yesterday, Wednesday afternoon.
Paulmac kindly volunteered to help me put it in on Friday morning, but I couldn't sit around all day on my butt with nothing to do, so I put it in today LOL.
Some progress shots. Look no Diff!!!!
As part of the install I decided to use EL Upper Trailing arms. These are 20mm shorter (320mm) than the EB arms (340mm). The idea was to alter the pinion angle and get rid of some Pinion Grumble I was getting while carrying passengers in the rear.
The following shots were taken with the weight of the car on the differential. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
EB Upper arms - angle not too bad
EL Upper Arms - this is not good at all
What this has shown is that with Super Low Springs, using an EB/ED/EF housing with a single upper trailing arm mounting hole, the EL arms increase the pinion angle sharply. If however you have an EL housing with the dual mounting holes, there should be no issues using the EL upper arms.
It is my opinion that if I was to redrill my upper brackets slightly below and forward of the existing mounting hole, then I would see an improvement in the pinion angle. I may do this in the future.
Needless to say, I put the EB upper arms back in. 
One of the more painful parts of the conversion was changing the speedo gear. What a royal Pain In The a**.
I have not had much opportunity do drive it, but in the short trips I did do this afternoon, the car felt snappier and I could feel the LSD working.
At this early stage, I am very happy so far. I will report how it goes over the next few days.
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BenJ
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: Combined Thread - The Garage |
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Gidday
I have now combined my various threads in to one
BenJ's EB Budget Buildup
Please click on the link to go to the new thread.
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/benj-s-eb-budget-buildup-t65386-40.html
All future updates will be in the new thread and I extend my thanks to all those that have contributed to this thread and hope that you will continue to do so in the new one. I will not be moving over YOUR existing posts or comments, but will link to this thread from there.
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