NL: Robert

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Yes it is solved, just didn't mention it as i wanted to see how my decision turns out...

As asked for in another topic, my diff was worn. It locked, sometimes, resulting in the following after a day of drifting.



So I decided to upgrade the LSD as repairing the old one to factory spec would be pricey as well. So I choose a 2-way diff from kaaz, which arrived after 3 days.
However, when taking the half shafts out, they found that i had Zenki shafts instead of Kouki shafts like I should have had. As the LSD was fitted with the diff already, this couldn't be returned.
So the search for the right shafts was started. This seemed to be impossible. So after contacting pretty much everyone here in the Netherlands without any result i contacted the dealership for some GR heritage parts. Its now 4 weeks later, still waiting for feedback and availability.

Didn't want to buy from the US because of the lead time and customs and i needed my car back for last weekend as I had a trip planned to the Eiffel. So i had about 3-4 weeks tops.
Fortunately Group-D in Ireland had an Upgraded Weir kit underway to their warehouse and they could also supply the GR heritage parts. But I decided to go for the Weir 28mm kit upgrade as it would be better suited to get abused.
So bottom line, I had to sell some organs to finance this unplanned upgrades. But on the other hand, i'm ready for the next 10 years or so.

The new LSD is something I need to get used to, as it needs to be broken in. On the way to the Eiffel (about 300km) it made a lot of noise as if i was crushing some nuts and bolts in the diff.
However, it held great on the track (didn't really push it) and on the way back pretty much all disturbing sounds were gone. This week the diff oil will be replaced (as per the break in procedure) as i will be drifting this weekend again.