OK, today we assembled the diff with the new one sided friction plates.

It has excessive free play in the pinion as MBDOC and GSX said it would have. So we will be ordering a spacer to be made next week, either 4.9 or 5 mm. We will meet back at his shop this afternoon and attempt to measure it so we know how thick to have it made.

It is pretty sticky with the new friction plate in it. We don't have the equipment necessary to measure the resistance of the clutches so it is a bit of a guessing game. I think we can adjust the resistance some with the lube additives.

comments are welcome.

Tom W

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