WTB R160 Rear Diff
02-24-2015, 02:07 PM
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Oh man I just went through this. Best one I found was in Seattle w/ 86k miles and it was nice and clean but I still have some decel gear noise in 3rd and 4th. At this point I am just going to deal with it until I can think about a JDM V7 6spd and an R180.
02-24-2015, 07:09 PM
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I have a low mileage R160 from an 03 wrx (less than 25k I think?).... only thing is I pulled the vlsd out and popped that in my rs diff.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2...cy00/axles.jpg
So it only has the case & bearings w/ ring & pinion gears as well as all the bolts to reassemble it.
You can have it for dirt cheap since its incomplete, could be a good time for a LSD upgrade
Lmk!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2...cy00/axles.jpg
So it only has the case & bearings w/ ring & pinion gears as well as all the bolts to reassemble it.
You can have it for dirt cheap since its incomplete, could be a good time for a LSD upgrade
Lmk!
02-25-2015, 07:57 AM
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I have a low mileage R160 from an 03 wrx (less than 25k I think?).... only thing is I pulled the vlsd out and popped that in my rs diff. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2...cy00/axles.jpg So it only has the case & bearings w/ ring & pinion gears as well as all the bolts to reassemble it. You can have it for dirt cheap since its incomplete, could be a good time for a LSD upgrade Lmk!
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02-25-2015, 11:22 AM
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Pinion bearing - same as mine. Sounds like a rock crusher on decel in higher RPM and loud whine under hard acceleration. Take the back seat out and hear it scream.
Looks like some good sources in here though! I had a WTB on here and searched yards for a long time to come up with mine w/ 86k miles from someone doing a 6spd swap.
Looks like some good sources in here though! I had a WTB on here and searched yards for a long time to come up with mine w/ 86k miles from someone doing a 6spd swap.
02-25-2015, 12:17 PM
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Pinion bearing - same as mine. Sounds like a rock crusher on decel in higher RPM and loud whine under hard acceleration. Take the back seat out and hear it scream.
Looks like some good sources in here though! I had a WTB on here and searched yards for a long time to come up with mine w/ 86k miles from someone doing a 6spd swap.
Looks like some good sources in here though! I had a WTB on here and searched yards for a long time to come up with mine w/ 86k miles from someone doing a 6spd swap.
The clank slap it does when you're in gear at idle speeds a gear too high..... omg...
02-25-2015, 01:33 PM
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Unless you're droping in harder/different ratio'd gears and/or an LSD upgrade, it's not really worth the while to rebuild. You'd need another donor diff anyway too.
My "problem" which prompted asking the rebuild/replace question was fixed by a fluid swap, but I presume Hide's done that as is.
02-25-2015, 01:59 PM
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I asked this myself a while back, and the consensus was to just get a new, low mileage one. Unless you're droping in harder/different ratio'd gears and/or an LSD upgrade, it's not really worth the while to rebuild. You'd need another donor diff anyway too. My "problem" which prompted asking the rebuild/replace question was fixed by a fluid swap, but I presume Hide's done that as is.