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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:07 pm 
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HEy all!

My ef XR6 diff feels like its on the way out & sumthing has to be done soon. I have a Ea sitting out the back tho & it has a 2.92 ratio saying "slip resistant diff" on the filler tag...

Does that mean its a LSD? Will it fit my Ef?

Also The Ea has pedders suspension & wondering weather i can swap the springs n shocks around too...

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:11 pm 
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Yup it's a 2 pinion LSD. I just read the same tag today on my car! "SLIP RESISTANT DIFF. Only use approved lubricants."

Not 100% sure if it will fit the EF, prolly will, or the axles spines might be different?

As far as the shocks go, prolly again, as there is a dude on here who has EF XR6 shocks and coils under his EA. So should work in reverse too..

Someone else confirm?

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:25 pm 
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the suspension is a staright swap over

diff will fit in with axles and housing etc

just unsure of the suspension arms


what you COULD do is
take the diff from the EA out and the ef diff out
and get the internals swapped from the ea into teh EF
then u can retain the EF diff ratio :)

 

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:47 pm 
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the only problem is that the EA diff does not support ABS

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:27 am 
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and the ef centre is a 78 series
and ef has 28 spline axles
and ea has wider lower control arm supports

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:38 am 
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short answer is, its not worth trying to fit..

the centre is not compatible
the housing is not compatible

 

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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:49 pm 
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Hmmm...ok thanks guys.

So...how much would it be roughly to get a diff rebuilt? or just parts? Im pretty good with hands on things but haven't touched a diff before... I have a mate who may be able to do it tho.

ALso with those springs im thinking of putting it into a ef gli im getting not the xr6...

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:16 pm 
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and the ef centre is a 78 series
and ef has 28 spline axles
and ea has wider lower control arm supports


The EA has NARROWER lower arm mountings than the later ones.
I have an EBII diff housing in my EA, and I had to make spacers to keep using the EA lower arms.

 

 

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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:51 am 
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the tailshaft is different too.
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