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Old 6th March 2012, 11:56 PM
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Finally got around to finishing my front diff mount last week.
I started it months ago before it had been added to the Saturn guide, which is why it's a tad different.





It's bolted to a plate on the chassis via a pair of landrover engine mounts, and to the diff itself using a pair of M12 bolts.
The holes in the diff were a bit bigger than 12mm, so I sleeved them down with some ali tube to get a nice tight fit.
I'm not 100% happy about using the rubber mounts in shear, but I think (hope!) they'll be ok.

On a seperate note I replaced the OEM bushes in the rear uprights with some Strongflex ones this evenning:





It didn't seem right leaving them as 15 year old perished rubber when the rest of the suspension uses polybushes!
And as an added bonus Strongflex very kindly supplied them with 12mm internal diameter crush tubes rather than their 10mm MX5 ones.
I got them to do that so they match the 12mm holes in the Saturn wishbones, and mean I can fit M12 bolts.
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