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the plot thickens, sent some pictures of the diff to a jag place, and they said its not a jag power lock diff, so i rang up the people who are doing the diff, they have found out its not a quaife or any american make, and not a tr7 . But they have found a company in birmingham which reckon it sounds like the one they make, so im just waiting to hear, fingers crossed rich

Rich,

Just twigged that the first pictures posted were not from you and I used those pics for identification

Hope you have some joy with this other contact, do I take it you just have the diff unit itself and no casing ie the axle itself?

Kevin.

Hi Kevin, yes all i have is the diff, no axle casing. No one has ever heard of a Lemax lsd, and thats all its got stamped name wise on it. The 1st lot of pictures up explains why you all thought it was a irs diff. Nothing i do is easy and straight forward,if only it was, life would be so much simpler. rich

ok im back to square one, still cant find the make of this diff, no ones heard of lemax, rimmers dont know the make of the original lsd that went into the tr7 and dont do parts anyway. All im left with is its an original item,all advice welcome rich Ok the diff is a salisbury item, and i might of found some plates ,everything is crossed not just fingers

Why's it knackered then Rich, is it just that the plates are getting worn out? If so you may be able to get them re-surfaced or use them as are but just get slightly more slip?

ive been told the plates are knackered and they,ve seen alot of heat, so i might aswell fit new ones, and hope it will last the season rich

Are you sure thats not just someones view to get some business? I know in an ideal world you would fit new parts as soon as they get worn but if you are having trouble finding the bits then there may be litle wrong with them? Cant be worse than your current diff anyway

Just thinking maybe you should pop it in and take it out for a spin before spending more time and money on it?

Hi TC, the company i take my stuff to are really good, the last thing they need is more work. I might of found someone who can get the plates now, the plates in there were scored up naff looking anyway,and it would be a straight swap from a tr7 axle into a sd1 axle. So looking good for 2010. rich

well im runining out places to try and get the lsd plates, places tried so far, Rimmers, Gearboxman, Trans x, Cambridge motorsport. Ive been advised to send them off and have some custom made,any other ideas anyone rich

I'll ask someone tomorrow Rich- they re-coated a BIG pair of centrifugal clutch shoes for me a while ago- but I think it may be a different ball game!

cheers TC, i hope ive found someone who does them, but these plates ive are not normal ones, there like me, odd rich

Hi
If it is becomming that difficult to identif yhem, could you not do a drawing, get them cut on a water jet and get Tom's contact to coat them for you?
Mike

well ive found some friction plates that are the same shape but i cant find the size of them,from a datsun/nissan lsd. . At the moment ive got 3 companies looking into the plates, if they have no joy then it looks like they will be made, there is a company over road from me that can lazer cut them out. Any ideas on what the metal grade is for them?? rich

Medium to high carbon mild steel I would think. I would doubt they are made of anything fancy, they are a mass produced automotive product, also any process of bonding friction material to them, and the heat build up when you are turning a corner under power would negate any heat treatment so really no point in using fancy alloys
Mike

Cheers Mike, someone might have a set in stock, if not will see about getting them made up, rich