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Originally Posted by trick-kit
Agreed, and i did state this fact in my post, the point i'm trying to make is that people are assuming that the failures of the diff when used in LSIS kits is because of poor location when it would seem that as it does not affect every kit made but just a small percentage, rather than the builder just being lucky there is some other reason.
TK
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Not every kit has poor location of the MX5 diff, a study would need to be carried out to determine who's kit did or did not break the diff. From what I have seen all those experiencing trouble do not have the diff properly constrained! a point I have been making through out this thread.
Failures of the MX5/RX7 diff when used in isolation are due to poor mounting design with insuffiecient constraint of movement. This is a known problem and there are plenty who have come across this problem - just google search and you will find.
Poor location
will cause diff failure as I have tried to explain, Nathan failed to fit the diff washes and that contributed to unconstrained diff movement. A compromised diff could also cause failure but I am aware of people building westfield miata's amongst others including the MNR who are also having failures where the diff has not come from an accident damaged car.
Whilst I get the point you are making RE: the need to be vigilant in checking the parts we use for building cars don't assume that the failure was neccessarily because it must have previously been in an accident and blindly go on believeing the inadequate mount arangement will be alright. Nathan forgetting the washers for the rear isolaters may well have played a part in this.
BV
