Mi16 Be1 Quaife Diff Into Mi16 Be3?

[bazil_205gti 22]

Hi

 

i have a be1 mi16 box with quaife diff in but have just bought a fully reconditioned be3 mi16 box is it possible to simply swap the diffs over? are the be1 mi16 diffs the same as the mi16 be3 diff?

 

thanks

 

Matt

[welshpug 1,661]

all quaife BE diffs are the same, just swap the crown wheels over.

[bazil_205gti 22]

Cheers mate any ideas on what i should torque bolts too?

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

It's in the Haynes manual;

 

crownwheel securing bolts; 48lbft.

 

g

[bazil_205gti 22]

Brilliant cheers guys

[petert 588]

all quaife BE diffs are the same, just swap the crown wheels over.

Surely you meant swap the diff over? You wouldn't mix and match pinions and crown wheels would you?

[welshpug 1,661]

No i did mean swap the crown wheels, given the diff is going from one box to another, because as you say even if the tooth count is the same its better to keep them paired.

 

Same thing anyway, different way of saying it

[Simon B 3]

Following on from the above couple of posts, the implication is that mixing crown wheels and pinions from different boxes is ideally a no go, would that be correct?

 

If such a thing was done, the two cogs would have worn differently and therefore wouldn't perfectly paid up I guess? Could this in turn lead on to the diff / gearbox area sounding like it has a mild straightcut box type whine to it? Any other side effects and would you think over time they'd bed in together and stop making whining noises?