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[Trothy]

Is there anyone in the northwest (near Warrington) who fancys earning a few extra quid doing this for me?

Just spent the last 4-5 hours attempting it myself and am now tired and frustrated.  Followed the guide from here but when I got to the bit were the diff is meant to drop, it just didn't :/

Car needs to NS Coil for its MOT, so have bought a pair as I'm told its best to change suspension items in pairs.

[davethediver]

Send Elite Pete a PM as he lives in Northwich so twenty minutes or so from you

[Tony H]

Make sure that the jack or axel stands are not fowling the trailing arms and preventing them moving

[Trothy]

Had put the axle stands just in from the rear jacking points on the sills on what looked like part of the subframe. Don't think they were fouling the trailing arms as they dropped quite noticeably when I unbolted the shocks.

Am I missing anything obvious here?


Jacked up car and supported on axle stands.
Freed up the ABS sensor wiring and the brake flexis.
Undo both of the shocks (21mm) and pop them out of the mounting holes.
Undo the 13mm nut and bolt holding the anti roll bar mount.
Place jack under the diff and undo the 4 bolts (15mm) for the rear hanger. 

At this point I was expecting the Diff to drop but it didn't.


Have mailed Pete and he can fit me next week.  Have the day off tomorrow so going to give it another shot myself though I think.

[Proz]

Why go to all that trouble when you can get spring compressors and they then fall in ...can be tight getting them in but a friend of mine had a really short pair so i borrowed them so didnt even have to buy them 

[dbug]

Yep with spring compressors no need to drop diff 

Worked OK for me - a lot easier than I expected.

[PxMetro]

Yep with spring compressors no need to drop diff 

Worked OK for me - a lot easier than I expected.

I tried using spring compressors when trying to change the rears on my 2.6 estate, but they would not come out. Ended up lowering the Diff as per the guide on here, and all work well. 

[neilr]

didnt drop diff on mine used bottle jack to push dowm lower arm after undoing lower shock mount took about 40 minutes cheating i know but works.

[Trothy]

Thanks for all the advice guys, used a set of spring compressors but even with those it was tough. 

Changed the NS one, hopefully will get through the MOT retest now, will wait for a warmer day and then swap the OS one.

Cheers,

Al

[dbug]

Glad it worked ok for you 

[Welung666]

There are 5 bolts holding the diff on. The 2 obvious ones at the back end and 3 torx (E14 IIRC) on a C shaped plate up the front end on one side.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Nah, just the 4 bolts for the rear diff support bushes.

Put the axle stands so they  are on the triangular plates near the jacking points. If they are touching the subframe the diff wont drop. 

[omegaman2]

spring clamps for me did the job

[2woody]

did six of these at the weekend ( don't ask )

no need to do anything with the brake hoses or do anything to the diff.

undo driveshaft outer end.
undo damper lower attachment
undo track-control arm outer ball joint
undo anti roll bar clamp

and the semi-trailing arm drops right down to veryical if needed