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citizen · 12-30-2003, 12:34 PM

Well i'm about to start installing a vlsd on my car, too bad no one wanted to be my helper monkey to fetch me tools and beer. So im going at it alone. If you don't hear from me in a few hours it means im either trapped underneath the car and dead or out for some dori dori action and going to die, Wish me luck! ^^

Dousan_PG · 12-30-2003, 12:37 PM

its very easy
just dont drop it on your head
its easier w/ 2 people but one can do it. make sure you haev a good FLOOR jack (not a cheapie pep boys one, but a good 2 ton type..the heavy large type) for ease.

good luck.

its a very simple job.

citizen · 12-30-2003, 12:40 PM

i know it's easy but, one, i am prone to hitting/dropping object on my head. have a cheapie floor jack, and three, have no one to help.

SilviaDriver · 12-30-2003, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dousan_PG

just dont drop it on your head

oh thats fa sho u definitely dont wanna do that

citizen · 12-30-2003, 12:44 PM

and my car port is still very wet from last nights rain o_O?

JasonNagra · 12-30-2003, 01:01 PM

You in SoCal? I'll help you. I need a place to do some stuff on my car too! Bought so much this past few months for car, and now too lazy to put it on!

citizen · 12-30-2003, 02:34 PM

bay area, well im almost done pulling everything off anyways. then comes the fun part =), putting everything back on =\.

citizen · 12-30-2003, 02:47 PM

well looks like i don't have a big enough socket to take off the nut on the output shaft. bah

Dousan_PG · 12-30-2003, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by citizen
well looks like i don't have a big enough socket to take off the nut on the output shaft. bah

oh your going from 6 star to 5 star axles

NOT output shaft
output shafts are 12mm socket

citizen · 12-30-2003, 03:19 PM

yes, changing the axles, bvut i only have a 32mm socket. so im gonna jury rig something tyo take the nut off

Dousan_PG · 12-30-2003, 03:23 PM

strip it and regret. hahaha
go buy the proper tools

citizen · 12-30-2003, 03:24 PM

spent my last money i could alot for this project on some good oil =\ lala im poor now

citizen · 12-30-2003, 03:41 PM

i have sent out my minions of helper monkeys to search for the tool i require, now i must wait =\

MorganS13 · 12-30-2003, 04:01 PM

i've had my VLSD sitting in my shed for about 8 months.. let me know how it goes

laziness > me

citizen · 12-30-2003, 04:03 PM

ill put it on for you if you bring me tools ^^ and you come here, cuz ohio is sorta far =P

citizen · 12-30-2003, 06:18 PM

woe is me, still waiting on the socket, everything else is done~

SilviaDriver · 12-30-2003, 07:44 PM

next time make sure u have all the tools before u start..doesnt it suck to start and get stuck cuz u dont have something?

citizen · 12-30-2003, 08:24 PM

yeah it sucks, but i wing everything, and i make NO exceptions! if it isn't done half-assed and ghetto fabbed it doesn't belong on my 240P.O.Sx.

citizen · 12-30-2003, 09:36 PM

boo, the fucker whio took off the halfshaft from its last car managed to strip the first thread, just to make my life dificult. now i can't get the nut started on it

nightwalker · 12-31-2003, 02:13 AM

with as much posting as you have done, you should've had that thing in and done already! Mine took only an hour.

citizen · 12-31-2003, 03:16 AM

well i waited for a few hours for the socket i needed, but the driver side half shaft was too fubared to put on, so im dead in the water. my friend says i could swap my old usdm 6 start flange into the dif and use the old half shaft too. but wouldn't that require breaking open the dif? im not sure it would work.

Freeject · 12-31-2003, 02:07 PM

On another note, does anyone know how hard it is to change a lsd's output flanges? I have a vlsd with 5 bolt flanges and its going on a car with six-bolt axles. Instead of putting the whole vlsd/axle assembly in, i'd rather just put the open diff's six bolt flanges on the vlsd.

Dousan_PG · 12-31-2003, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Freeject
On another note, does anyone know how hard it is to change a lsd's output flanges? I have a vlsd with 5 bolt flanges and its going on a car with six-bolt axles. Instead of putting the whole vlsd/axle assembly in, i'd rather just put the open diff's six bolt flanges on the vlsd.

no can do
vlsd output shafts and open diff output shafts are different

you have to change axles

citizen · 12-31-2003, 06:59 PM

how about changing the 5 star wheel side spider assembly and end over to the 6 star stuff?

nightwalker · 12-31-2003, 08:19 PM

looks like you gonna have to cut axle nut off.

mbmbmb23 · 12-31-2003, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by citizen
boo, the fucker whio took off the halfshaft from its last car managed to strip the first thread, just to make my life dificult. now i can't get the nut started on it

A stripped thread should make the nut go on easier....no resistance. Are the threads bent?? Is that why it wont screw on?

Get a hammer and a flathead screwdriver and bend the threads straight. Make sure you have the correct nut for the end bolt, maybe thats why it stripped? (SAE nut on a metric bolt?) Get a grade 8 nut and muscle it onto the bolt.....kinda like using a thread tap but in reverse.

-m

citizen · 01-01-2004, 01:54 AM

well my plan was to just remove the messed up threads (ala grinder) and then power on the nut (the correct one mind you) and pick up the rest odf the threads. well it almost worked, but after inspecting it i found a large piece of metal stuck into the threads where i stopped after seeing it wasn't moving anymore. my theory is that when i was putting it on it got some metal bits and piled them up until finally they got stuck, so when that happened it stopped forwards movenet of the nut and stripped the threads. after i took the axle off the car i pried off that piece of metal, and along with it came a piece of the thread, two threads wide, half the circumference and about a millimeter or two deep. so anyways i got a new axle from the guy i bought it from and need to clean it up before i put it on. then all will be good.

citizen · 01-01-2004, 05:15 PM

Its done, this time i spent a an hour cleaning up the threads on the new half shaft i got. Picked off the big stuff with a pick, wire brushed it and then went at it with a v-file. After that nut started on it fine. Time for a test drive.

12-30-2003, 12:34 PM	#1
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	vlsd finally Well i'm about to start installing a vlsd on my car, too bad no one wanted to be my helper monkey to fetch me tools and beer. So im going at it alone. If you don't hear from me in a few hours it means im either trapped underneath the car and dead or out for some dori dori action and going to die, Wish me luck! ^^

12-30-2003, 12:37 PM	#2
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	its very easy just dont drop it on your head its easier w/ 2 people but one can do it. make sure you haev a good FLOOR jack (not a cheapie pep boys one, but a good 2 ton type..the heavy large type) for ease. good luck. its a very simple job. __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

12-30-2003, 01:01 PM	#6
JasonNagra Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,349 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You in SoCal? I'll help you. I need a place to do some stuff on my car too! Bought so much this past few months for car, and now too lazy to put it on! __________________ http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...f/f9dc7664.jpg Edit: check your link.

12-30-2003, 03:23 PM	#11
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	strip it and regret. hahaha go buy the proper tools __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

12-31-2003, 02:13 AM	#20
nightwalker Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay area Age: 46 Posts: 2,146 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	with as much posting as you have done, you should've had that thing in and done already! Mine took only an hour. __________________ In life, we often cast the line of hope fishing for the best possible opportunity. Sometimes with enough effort, the things we catch are nothing short of amazing.

12-30-2003, 12:40 PM	#3
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i know it's easy but, one, i am prone to hitting/dropping object on my head. have a cheapie floor jack, and three, have no one to help.

12-30-2003, 12:44 PM	#5
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	and my car port is still very wet from last nights rain o_O?

12-30-2003, 02:34 PM	#7
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	bay area, well im almost done pulling everything off anyways. then comes the fun part =), putting everything back on =\.

12-30-2003, 02:47 PM	#8
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well looks like i don't have a big enough socket to take off the nut on the output shaft. bah

12-30-2003, 03:19 PM	#10
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yes, changing the axles, bvut i only have a 32mm socket. so im gonna jury rig something tyo take the nut off

12-30-2003, 03:24 PM	#12
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	spent my last money i could alot for this project on some good oil =\ lala im poor now

12-30-2003, 03:41 PM	#13
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i have sent out my minions of helper monkeys to search for the tool i require, now i must wait =\

12-30-2003, 04:01 PM	#14
MorganS13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 707 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i've had my VLSD sitting in my shed for about 8 months.. let me know how it goes laziness > me

12-30-2003, 04:03 PM	#15
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ill put it on for you if you bring me tools ^^ and you come here, cuz ohio is sorta far =P

12-30-2003, 06:18 PM	#16
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	woe is me, still waiting on the socket, everything else is done~

12-30-2003, 07:44 PM	#17
SilviaDriver Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 40 Posts: 5,514 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: SilviaDriver Feedback Score: 2 reviews	next time make sure u have all the tools before u start..doesnt it suck to start and get stuck cuz u dont have something?

12-30-2003, 08:24 PM	#18
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah it sucks, but i wing everything, and i make NO exceptions! if it isn't done half-assed and ghetto fabbed it doesn't belong on my 240P.O.Sx.

12-30-2003, 09:36 PM	#19
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	boo, the fucker whio took off the halfshaft from its last car managed to strip the first thread, just to make my life dificult. now i can't get the nut started on it

12-31-2003, 03:16 AM	#21
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well i waited for a few hours for the socket i needed, but the driver side half shaft was too fubared to put on, so im dead in the water. my friend says i could swap my old usdm 6 start flange into the dif and use the old half shaft too. but wouldn't that require breaking open the dif? im not sure it would work.

12-31-2003, 02:07 PM	#22
Freeject Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 29 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	On another note, does anyone know how hard it is to change a lsd's output flanges? I have a vlsd with 5 bolt flanges and its going on a car with six-bolt axles. Instead of putting the whole vlsd/axle assembly in, i'd rather just put the open diff's six bolt flanges on the vlsd. __________________ Never knock on Death's door. Ring the doorbell and run (he hates that)

12-31-2003, 06:59 PM	#24
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	how about changing the 5 star wheel side spider assembly and end over to the 6 star stuff?

12-31-2003, 08:19 PM	#25
nightwalker Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay area Age: 46 Posts: 2,146 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	looks like you gonna have to cut axle nut off. __________________ In life, we often cast the line of hope fishing for the best possible opportunity. Sometimes with enough effort, the things we catch are nothing short of amazing.

01-01-2004, 01:54 AM	#27
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well my plan was to just remove the messed up threads (ala grinder) and then power on the nut (the correct one mind you) and pick up the rest odf the threads. well it almost worked, but after inspecting it i found a large piece of metal stuck into the threads where i stopped after seeing it wasn't moving anymore. my theory is that when i was putting it on it got some metal bits and piled them up until finally they got stuck, so when that happened it stopped forwards movenet of the nut and stripped the threads. after i took the axle off the car i pried off that piece of metal, and along with it came a piece of the thread, two threads wide, half the circumference and about a millimeter or two deep. so anyways i got a new axle from the guy i bought it from and need to clean it up before i put it on. then all will be good.

01-01-2004, 05:15 PM	#28
citizen Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,240 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: citizen Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Its done, this time i spent a an hour cleaning up the threads on the new half shaft i got. Picked off the big stuff with a pick, wire brushed it and then went at it with a v-file. After that nut started on it fine. Time for a test drive.