BMW Limited Slip Differential Retrofit | CHEAP!
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Published 2019-04-21
This kit is a cost effective way to convert your open differential on your BMW to a progressive rate limited slip differential for only a fraction of what a fully assembled LSD would normally cost.
Here is a link to demonstrate how this kit works:
• Understanding RacingDiffs LSD convers...
If you're interested in this and are based out of the US please let me know in the comments.
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In the next video we will install the differential housing back on the car.
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All Comments (21)
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Honestly, don’t apologize for giving us a “ real world consumer experience “
I’m not a bmw guy but very informative.
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Great video. Looking forward to the real world driving test to see how much it slips on low speed bends and normal daily driving. Hoping to purchase a kit for my MX5, but wanted to wait until i could find a full review first. Keep up the good work!
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I don't have high expectations for this to work well but would love to be proven wrong so waiting for updates!
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I respect your videos, I just watched my first video from you today doing the LCI tail lights, I don't own nor am i a fan for BMW but I respect decent DIY. WELL DONEE
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Looking forward to the drive test..
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Drive test? ... aka donuts? :)
Your DIYs are great man - keep it up! -
Great stuff. Very curious what it will do on the car!
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As always, fantastic presentation and very informative. Something is telling me I see potential problems ahead. Please prove me wrong.
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by the way everyone, it looks like their updated conversion kits no longer require you to have your spider gears machined!!!
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Great vids as usual, really appreciate the out of the box thinking to save money.
But I do want to point out a few gotchas I have learned over the years. 1) upon diff disassembly, mark everything you remove so it can be put back exactly as it was. 2) put some oil or assembly grease on any oil seals, not the out side but the inside where the seal touches the axle. 3) I would use a torque wrench for the ring gear or any bolts needing a specific torque value. -
finally ! was waiting that for a long time ahah
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Awesome video!! Do you have a video about suspensions of e9x? Id love to see the detailed video about it. Im not sure about suspension choices.
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Awesome video, it was nice to watch, but i have few question
Is there new bearing, i mean is that just bolt on, no ring gear tooth touch check -
Love the video but a torque wrench is what is needed not torque limiting sticks. Sticks are for use on air impacts so you can calibrate them via air pressure.
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Seeing that the springs aren't fully bound would it not be possible to add spacers under the springs to increase the initial lock up to say 30-35%. There is a fair bit of expansion when the bars are removed so you could make another set slightly longer (still keeping the plates close enough to slip between the gears) to hold the plates.
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Any decent lathe with carbide insert can cut that. Just need to run coolant so you don't mess up the temper. A mill can also tackle that.
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Any info available for the new kit that includes the surface ground gears? I'm not confident about getting the input shaft or the gears ground or milled down.
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Use lubrication on install to prevent metal on metal damage!!!
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To clean gasket off, use 000 wool instead of razor blade. Soak in acetone, it will eat the gasket up quickly.
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I ordered one kit yesterday, hope this works good!
