Slammed Differentials
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Slammed Differentials
I was wondering if any one with slammed cars has had any problems with there differentials. i was talking to my mechanic and we were talking about how dropping the front of our cars will mess up the differentials and how most shops will not warranty your differentils when they rebuild your tranny if you lower your car. Then we got into somepeople putting shorter axles to compensate the lack of hight. any one have any input? or has any one ever put on a shorter axle? do you recomend a shorter axle?
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Dammit I guess my CL will never be 4WD
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the diffs you speak of are foujnd on FR and 4WD cars.. our FFs have differentials built into the transmission itself............... in the case of our stock CLs there is none, so in essence an open diff...............
when lowering our cars the thing to really worry about are the header and the oil pan if anything
when lowering our cars the thing to really worry about are the header and the oil pan if anything
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Originally Posted by G22_Powered_YA1
the diffs you speak of are foujnd on FR and 4WD cars.. our FFs have differentials built into the transmission itself............... in the case of our stock CLs there is none, so in essence an open diff...............
when lowering our cars the thing to really worry about are the header and the oil pan if anything
when lowering our cars the thing to really worry about are the header and the oil pan if anything
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Originally Posted by Nautsiju
I was wondering if any one with slammed cars has had any problems with there differentials. i was talking to my mechanic and we were talking about how dropping the front of our cars will mess up the differentials and how most shops will not warranty your differentils when they rebuild your tranny if you lower your car. Then we got into somepeople putting shorter axles to compensate the lack of hight. any one have any input? or has any one ever put on a shorter axle? do you recomend a shorter axle?
OK in the case like this, which slipped my mind for not reading it
good luck finding halfshafts that are just right, thats right, we technically dont have an axle, its 2 CV halfshafts connected to the transmission/CV joint......... they bend if you look at it stock, but it'll be OK if you lower it, because it isnt exactly that big, I mean 2 inches at the most, and at the length of the shaft, were only looking at a few degrees of variation.............. nothing to worry about, and like I said before our CLs dont have differentials to start with, just the CV joints for steering and all that, mechanically speaking an FF layout is a complicated compared to a FR layout
but anyways with our cars you dont really have to worry about it, your mechanic is just trying to squeeze some cash out of you............. thats why I never go to a mechanic unless I totally need to
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unfortunatly every mechanic here tries to squeeze money out of me. thnks for the input guys. and do you have any suggestions for a shop in norcal? thats cheap and not ghetto or shady
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so after going to 3 more transmission shops none will warranty with a drop. has any one on this forum ever gotten a full waranty on a rebuilt transmission on there dropped vehicle?
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Originally Posted by fliplyricist1
there's an easy fix for that: buy coilovers and put the car near stock height when you take it in to get a new tranny
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