Gearbox rebuild plus LSD

[Mightymetro]

I’ve decided to get Quaife LSD from GTO and they offer a full strip, clean and rebuild for £999 including fitting of the diff.  The only problem is the 8 week lead time as I can’t get the gearbox to them for 3 weeks and the cars going over to Mike S before then so I wondered if anyone knows anyone else that might be able to strip and fit the LSD, preferably in the north of England or is it best to get GTO to do it.  I’d rather someone specialised in UN1 boxes looks at it.

[Bibs]

@CHANGES?

[Escape]

Not too hard to do yourself either. Great way to get to know the gearbox inside and out. 😉

[Mightymetro]

I once tried adding a quaife LSD to a river PG1 box and when I got it back together couldn’t get 5th 😂.

 

i think I’m hoping for a experienced eye to check it over and if there’s anything a bit amiss they can advise and repair.

[cweeden]

Hi @Mightymetro are you also getting the uprated internals with the taller straight cut 1st gear? 

I have that from GTO with the Quaife LSD (or ATB if you want to be totally on point 😋 ) and it's much better suited to the V8 than the standard bits and bobs IMHO. I'm not sure if they still sell the kit or not but its worth enquiring about.

If you need a temporary solution I have a spare transaxle you could borrow, but I bet the output shaft seals would need sorting first as it hasn't been used for a few years now. It would do it good to get a few miles on it.

cheers

-Chris

[Mightymetro]

Thanks for the offer Chris.  I’m hoping that once it’s all in it doesn’t have to come out for a while but really appreciate the offer

when I purchased the new clutch and seal kit From then I enquired about any modifications they would recommend and they just said the Quaife diff

 

out of interest do you know the cost of the kit.  If I remember right has Steve M just bought the kit 

[Barrykearley]

If you were to say ask @Steve V8 with his missus in earshot you will find the kits are indeed very cheap 🤪

[booboo93]

Hi there,

I used these for my box!! largest bill for the whole build, and my largest woe! Took 6 months to get back, and what  I got back was not my casings!

First problem was, drive shaft seals leaked, and with 100 miles we found, that they didnt locktight the bolt that holds the pivet for the clutch fork! , done complete cltuch, flywheel, and hydraulics, approx 2 k to repair!!

Would I go back? NO!

 

Andy