diff rebuild

[aussieneil]

Thanks for that. Yes, I'll be having to re-measure (and rebuild) the driveshaft without a doubt, but it certainly seems to be a much stronger diff all round. The shaft will need to be shortened by about 3.5cm.

Strangely enough, the replacement diff has come out of a genuine, one-owner low-mileage short wheelbase van dating from 1978 (still with its original 173 with numbers that match the original sales documentation) which was taken off the road back in 1995. The campervan dates from 1973, and also has its original-number 173 (and is also a one-family owner vehicle).

[ben]

my guess is the smaller of the 2 is the bedford 9inch drummed diff.(all the ones i ever seen these converted to borg wagner centres)

 i have only ever seen one of these and i had no idea what it was and now i know it must be original. (mates swb i thought it must have been an hwy diff)

the second is the 10 inch drummed diff. it has different spine axels and obviously bigger drums. yeh quite a bit of difference between them.

ben

[TheArchiTech]

my guess is the smaller of the 2 is the bedford 9inch drummed diff.(all the ones i ever seen these converted to borg wagner centres)


ben

Hey Ben do you know if you can still by the borg Warner heads new?, As I now have two off these diffs and the heads are buggered. (spider gears)

[BusyKiwi]

lots of things came out with the old borg warner, P76 leyland for example

[TheArchiTech]

I wondering what to do. As the wheel bearing in the one that has the cresta pinion in it are buggered and theres 500 bucks just for those two bearings.

Wondering weather I better of to get a newer holden diff of mate and put that in instead. I running a 173 holden with the standard 4 speed bedford gearbox. pushing along a shortwheel base camper

Just thinking for future repairs, might be easier to get parts for holden than bedford. It won't matter if a little bit narrower I might just have to get some tyres for my 15 x 8 mags to go on to bring the width right again

[rumax]

Shoot me down, but I thought the way to go was a Ford F100 (150/250).

[Rogue Trooper]

Just thinking for future repairs, might be easier to get parts for holden than bedford. It won't matter if a little bit narrower I might just have to get some tyres for my 15 x 8 mags to go on to bring the width right again

I think you'll find that you won't get tyres wide enough for 15x8 wheels to bring the width right.

[restoreid]

Iv done the holden diff swap { check out diff section in forum } lengthened the short side 4inches to fit long axel & it's still 60mm shorter than original beddie diff but that can be made up with wider wheels

[TheArchiTech]

lots of things came out with the old borg warner, P76 leyland for example

So are we saying that this would fit in the head of my current bedford Diff?

[TheArchiTech]

As I can by parts for these
http://nkaparts.com/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=83, they got a 25 spine also.