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buzbox

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:42 am

want33s

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:45 am

Good so far but don't forget to mention the thrust washers....

mnemonix

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:36 am

How far to the standard axles slide into the mini spool?
ie: do they engage more of the splines than the standard side gears?

I'm wondering if torqued/twisted axle splines will be an issue when my minispool arrives.

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steve

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:01 am

fine!! don't like my minispool thread? :lol:

Weird how they don't fit easily eh?

buzbox

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:21 am

steve wrote:

fine!! don't like my minispool thread? :lol:

Weird how they don't fit easily eh?

Haha your thread was helpful to me, but I thought having a step by step guide might be a little more helpful to others.

I had a little trouble with getting it to fit in the cage, for a moment I thought it would slide in like the ones that came out did. I tried pressing it in but I was using a bit too much force I thought I was going to break something.

Having it in that tight also ment lining up the pin holes would be a pain.

So I went around to a couple of mechanics to see if it should be pressed in or a tiny bit shaved off, like you did, But some of them didn't know much. Even a diff specialist didn't have the right lathe bit for it and suggested I bust out the grinder. I'm dodgy, but not that dodgy. :lol:

The next place I tried, well I had 4-5 blokes gathered around after explaining what I was doing, a bit of head scratching later one suggested just use some linishing cloth and emery paper. He gave me a strip of each and went at it.

5 mins of back and forth with it on each end, It went in nicely, and made lining up the main pins much easier.

So yeah, All done

buzbox

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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:26 am

Ah yes, as for the washers, There was no contact with any other parts so I took them out.

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Suzuki special tool part #8008135 :lol:

I'm suprised no-one especially Joe hasn't noticed this yet...

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lumpy_zook

Joined: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:15 am
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Location: whyalla

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:36 pm

hey mate. might be a pretty umb question,

but where did u buy this mini spool from? so keen for one

any deatails or tips would be great, did abit of snooping but to no avail.

TryHard

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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:49 pm

lumpy_zook wrote:

hey mate. might be a pretty umb question,

but where did u buy this mini spool from? so keen for one

any deatails or tips would be great, did abit of snooping but to no avail.

http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/

Brooksy

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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:39 pm

I cannot see the original post, is it just me, or has it been deleted or something?

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