DIFF change over?

[SLVR SV6]

Hi,
Just bought a VX LSD 3.46 Diff and want to change it over myself from my stock VZ SV6 2.86? diff (if thats the ratio it came out with)
Just wondering what it take to change it over.
Its just the centre peice (Gears inside + housing.) if anyone could give me some pointers as to how to do this, that would be great.
Cheers.

 

[colgf]

, yep reasonably easy , however there are 2 top bolts hard to get at , you have to drop the entire rear suspension cradle down enough to get a spanner on them , they are bloody tight , you will need a breaker bar. your current diff will be a 3.07, but check the sticker on the drivers side of your diff , you might already have a 3,46 in it , but it may not be a LSD.

 

[redvs2]

Pretty easy to do mate. Just unbolt everything, swap it over and bolt it all back in. Just make sure you don't miss anything when doing it back up. And may as well change the diff oil while your there.

 

[Sabbath']

, yep reasonably easy , however there are 2 top bolts hard to get at , you have to drop the entire rear suspension cradle down enough to get a spanner on them , they are bloody tight , you will need a breaker bar. your current diff will be a 3.07, but check the sticker on the drivers side of your diff , you might already have a 3,46 in it , but it may not be a LSD.

There are 4 bolts on the top. 17mm

And if you undo the rear mount, you will have enough room. Unbolting the swaybar makes it even easier.

EDIT: The rear axles are an 8mm Allen Key

 

[SLVR SV6]

cheers for all your help guys, i'm thinking about doing it this sunday, so i obvously need to jack the car up (don't have a proper 4 poster or antything) so then i chcok the wheels and then i put in nutral and then take hand break off so the diff will drop and then after that i'll undo those 4 bolts on the top of the diff and then what? haha i wanna give it a good crack, i do need to put oil in it so i'll be doing that, but what about where the axels meet? do i need to undo them some how? cheers.
EDIT: i just read the 8mm allen key haha, how many screws are there?? and is that all that i need to undo?
cheers.

 

[monkeys437]

6 allen key screws on each CV joint to drop the axles from memory.