easye1 said:

Hi waldershelf,
I made my locking tool from piece of chequer plate cut to an oblong size wide enough to drill the bolting holes going into pully,
long enough to sit squarely ontop of chassis rails.
even found new hi tensile caphead bolts in my old "ex engineers" tool box.
works a treat.

I used small angle grinder and very slim cutting discs bought from a car paint & panel centre, I by them by the box, works out about £1 each disc, but good quality, much better than the thicker steel type cutting discs.

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jai_landrover said:

Hi easy1e,

To set up diffs you need to set the pinion height with shims under the bearing to get the correct mesh. All pinions must be setup at a pre determined height within the diff case. I need to machine a block of steel to act as a precise height setting tool to enable me to build up my HD CWPs and modified 4 pin centres properly.

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sible88 said:

What is wrong with using a air gun on the bottom pulley??

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waldershelf said:

Would that be for a 200tdi? I think the 300tdi one needs to be a bit more complicated because the pulley/damper is dished. The locking tool for a 300tdi needs a deeper section to get to the bolts before the long section that holds against the chassis leg. The one in the expensive kit linked to earlier in the thread looks like a 300tdi holding tool.

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jamesmartin said:

thats right but you do know to add or subtract amount in thou scribed into pinion top

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jamesmartin said:

absolutely nothing ,i believe someone bought a cheap plug in the mains impact gun for £30 ish which undid bolt .maybe not last with every day use but good for money

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waldershelf said:

I think it will depend on how tight the bolt is that determines how extreme you have to be to get it undone. when I did mine a couple of months ago my 3/4 drive air gun wouldn't shift it.

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waldershelf said:

I think it will depend on how tight the bolt is that determines how extreme you have to be to get it undone. when I did mine a couple of months ago my 3/4 drive air gun wouldn't shift it.

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