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im starting to get a good collection of borgy diffs and parts,im going to get a ea diff tomorrow and strip it ,then put ef 28 spline axles and flange if it will fit.only because i can get it really cheap

i looked ages ago and couldnt find anything thats why i was asking.

I mean an aussie locker yes like they use in 4wd,i have never seen 1 for a ford 0578 ?

who makes a lokka for a borgy ?

caps are painted just waiting untill the wheels come back.

Tomorrow im going to the diff shop to buy new pinion bearings and crush sleve and end seal and bearing blue to check da mesh pattern,and loctite.

i will be taking the old races out today and the seal,i dont have a seal puller or do you just punch the whole lot out in 1 go ? ok i got it all out,i used a EF diff as a test run ,and a pipe and hammer.

i will ask my mate at the machine shop if i can borrow his one ,or im off to k mart to get the scale lol

yeah nice one mate,i just watched a video on how to get the old races out and put the new seal in ,it doesnt look that hard,but i dont have the inch per pounds torque wrench to check the preload on the bearing ,should be around 25 ? i will have to check the borg warner spec;s.

ok looks like i will need a new seal i have never done a pinion before,so the diff shop should have all these bits i hope (lol)

yeah im still running the 250 atm but in a few months the pillowblock is going in,i might keep the 3.27's for my crossy rebuild and just go more hwy manners in the car.Hey can you tell me on the pinion is there 2 or just 1 bearing cause i just watched many u tube videos and some have 2 bearings ?

i rigged up a chain and d shackle and wrapped it around the diff,it works quite well,now she's out i will consider putting the 3.08's in ,the new 351c and fmx will like the taller gears i think as the engine is only very mild,the factory clevo's in the xe had 2.77 and 2.92 so 3.08 should be ok.

i got the pinion gear out,was hard to undo the nut under the car,27mm or 1-16th socket.

Yeah the 3.27 is a bit short for the highway but great at acceleration and burnouts ect.

Here we go again,maybe i will get 3rd time lucky,im pulling the diff apart again this weekend,going to replace the pinion bearing,im seriuosly considering putting 3.08's in ,do i need a new crush sleve and anything else or should i just get the bearing replaced and wack it all back in ?

I painted mine today and off to the machine shop tomorrow

I think i have read somewhere that some type of EA snowy is a bit different as well.

And the 1982 esp rims have a flat spoke where it meets the edge.

note how the edges of the gold spoke are rolled,most later esp rims 83 -84 models had these type.

usually a ESP rim has thin cast line ,see picture,as where all the other snowy types are machined flat(most).

Already done ,global trim in melbourne are selling them,just as good as factory ones.

i have 3 1984 esp rims and 2 1982 ones there is a small difference between the two but finding a matching set is quite hard,but not impossible,i have also seen grey xf ghia rims

There is many different snowflakes,about 3 different gold esp types,s pac,ghia,and sportsman,some snowflakes have been stamped as early as 1981 !

yeahhhh sounds good but im taken em to a company that has done a lot of ESP resto wheels and he does an awsome job,im gettin it done pretty cheap too.