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    Unhappy taking out the spool :(

    hey guys, just wondering can you take out mini spools? I need to get a roadworthy and my vs already had one when i bought it. Is it possible or do i just need a new diff center?
    Will the spider gears not mesh properly now?

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    if the spool came with your car then im guessing you wont have the spider gears as they are removed when fitting a spool, so you will prob need to get a second hand center.

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    live axle or IRS? ive got 3 IRS diffs sitting in my garage
    if its live axle you should be able to pick up a single spinner complete diff for $50
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    ohk, yeh its live axel, $50 sounds nicee
    ill sus it thanks guys

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    Take it out and leave it out
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    Quote Originally Posted by chevy_big_block_bro View Post
    Take it out and leave it out
    I agree 100%.
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    and i disagree 100% :P lmfao

    Just get a single spinner diff for 50, swap it over.... then once the car is roadworthy throw it back in (if you like the spool)

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    Spend the extra and get an LSD centre. Better to be safe and legal that unsafe and illegal.
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    Oh I love it when this argument pops up.

    This is probably going to go on longer than my epic ectractor thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew426 View Post
    Oh I love it when this argument pops up.

    This is probably going to go on longer than my epic ectractor thread.
    WTF is an 'ectractor'?

    Is it a tractor that delivers E's to rave parties of something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jesterarts View Post
    WTF is an 'ectractor'?

    Is it a tractor that delivers E's to rave parties of something?

    LOLOL funny

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    Quote Originally Posted by chevy_big_block_bro View Post
    Spend the extra and get an LSD centre. Better to be safe and legal that unsafe and illegal.
    And again......

    .........agree 100%.
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    Quote Originally Posted by padrickz88 View Post
    and i disagree 100% :P lmfao

    Just get a single spinner diff for 50, swap it over.... then once the car is roadworthy throw it back in (if you like the spool)
    agreed 100%

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    well when i do take it out, I dont think it will be going back in.... well maybe
    I dont really have the funds for an lsd at the moment.
    then again I havnt even got my p's yet :P haha (first car)

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    Quote Originally Posted by chevy_big_block_bro View Post
    Spend the extra and get an LSD centre. Better to be safe and legal that unsafe and illegal.

    and replace it every 6 months, be cool, getta spool
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    Quote Originally Posted by vn_v6 View Post
    and replace it every 6 months, be cool, getta spool
    LOL @ replacing the lsd every 6 months

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    Spool on the street = fail
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    6 months? i got my LSD rebuilt and tighten at 18, 22 now, and after all the punishment its finally let go
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    I guess its how you ride it,
    ie. sideways around very corner/ u turn, yeh it wont last that long.
    Unless you have like $1200 bucks for a kaaz diff.

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    and just so u are aware the centres between irs and live are not different,,i have a live axle lsd centre in my irs but its rooted so looking fr another centre if anyones got one pm me

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    Quote Originally Posted by vn_v6 View Post
    and replace it every 6 months, be cool, getta spool
    Hasn't even got his p's yet, its his first car and your telling him to get a spool.
    Why, so he can go out with his mates in the rain and cut loose.
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    hey man are you still looking for a non lsd centre? ive got a whole diff housing with axles and a non lsd centre that u can straight swap into ur car for roady, thats if ur still looking for one

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    Quote Originally Posted by chevy_big_block_bro View Post
    Hasn't even got his p's yet, its his first car and your telling him to get a spool.
    Why, so he can go out with his mates in the rain and cut loose.
    Another statistic waiting to happen.
    My first car had a spool in it and I did just fine, good way to learn how to control your car in the wet if anything bad happens.

    Although we all know they're not just for looks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pickled View Post
    My first car had a spool in it and I did just fine, good way to learn how to control your car in the wet if anything bad happens.

    Although we all know they're not just for looks.
    Oh which planet and how exactly is is a good way to learn how to control your car in the wet? Putting yourself and others in a dangerous situation on public roads is NOT a good way to learn car control.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jesterarts View Post
    Oh which planet and how exactly is is a good way to learn how to control your car in the wet? Putting yourself and others in a dangerous situation on public roads is NOT a good way to learn car control.
    For the record I didn't mean hooning in a car with a spool, I meant driving a car normally with a spool, the thing is I didn't realize the car had a minispool until a month after I had purchased it.

    I dealt with it and trust me I did lose it a fair few times going around a corner, or around a round-a-bout in the wet, not by hooning, but by normal driving (not knowing the characteristics of a spool at the time).

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