Just measured my spare diff for my ute, 937mm spring centres(close enough) and overall from outside of drum to outside of drum 1370, but it has 10mm spacers either side behind the brake plate, ill get it out tomorrow and make sure im right and repost to tell you.

These diffs are 31 spline and easier and cheaper to find that hilux, but maybe heavier

Matt

Yes but there rare(i think, ive owned my ute 15 years and always had a spool/locker), spool/lockers are easily made, i want a locked diff anyway

Current model Ford Courier\Mazda Bravo come with a LSD in the four wheel drive models as standard. So should start turning up in wreckers.

what year are these ford diffs from...? and do the spring plates have to be modified?

cheers

ezekiel.

Good find!It is always handy to know what will and wont fit

I have been mucking around with it today, its from 1982 model Mazda B2000/Ford Courier, I have stripped it down to do some more measurements.

The overall length(outer axle to axle) is 1360 where a esky(MK1) is 1350

The spring mount centre is 935 and my MK1 is 938, so yer its good to go, i have to get wider U bolts as the new diff tubes are 5mm wider(big deal) and the shocker mount plates have enough room to be slotted to suit the 5mm(2.5mm either way)

The axles have semi floating hubs and can remove the axle and bearing assembly without losing oil from the diff, the bearing is fully enclosed and dont rely on the oil from the diff for lube, there packed and sealed from both sides(diff and outside)

The big bonus with the axles is there is a dust seal for the outer seal, it has to be removed for the placing of the new studs, now that dust seal is riveted on with a PCD on the rivets of 4/108, so yer no need to re-mark it out, its ready to go with a slight re-drill.

Got some machining to do tomorrow and ill get some pics up for you guys to inspect, next thing is to pick up my MK2 diff to swap the bakes over and ill keep the pics coming.

Ill be doing a full write up once i get started into this whole car a little further

Matt

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Originally posted by JET-6
[br]I have been mucking around with it today, its from 1982 model Mazda B2000/Ford Courier, I have stripped it down to do some more measurements.

The overall length(outer axle to axle) is 1360 where a esky(MK1) is 1350

The spring mount centre is 935 and my MK1 is 938, so yer its good to go, i have to get wider U bolts as the new diff tubes are 5mm wider(big deal) and the shocker mount plates have enough room to be slotted to suit the 5mm(2.5mm either way)

The axles have semi floating hubs and can remove the axle and bearing assembly without losing oil from the diff, the bearing is fully enclosed and dont rely on the oil from the diff for lube, there packed and sealed from both sides(diff and outside)

The big bonus with the axles is there is a dust seal for the outer seal, it has to be removed for the placing of the new studs, now that dust seal is riveted on with a PCD on the rivets of 4/108, so yer no need to re-mark it out, its ready to go with a slight re-drill.

Got some machining to do tomorrow and ill get some pics up for you guys to inspect, next thing is to pick up my MK2 diff to swap the bakes over and ill keep the pics coming.

Ill be doing a full write up once i get started into this whole car a little further

Matt

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Cool,I am sure quite a few people will be interested in this conversion[:p]

If you have any probs ask Ash Morris. He's dropped one into the back of his RS turbo.



Cheers
Brett.

If it works as well as i hope ill be making a few and selling them on here at a very reasonable price, i can get my hands on these diff's as i have a Courier ute and have had it for 15 years, i know where all the spares are laying around


Got the axle ready to machine tomorrow night at work, ill be doing one side at a time so i can measure off the other side as i go.

Matt

Here are a few pics, just so you get my drift so far

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