FD3S2005

iTrader: (11)

whats ppf and why dont any of the pics work?

Fd3BOOST

iTrader: (7)

How do you have over 1200 posts and you didn't know what PFS (PFSupercars/ AKA Peter Farrell Supercars) was and you don't know what a PPF is (Power plant frame) ?
The pics don't show up because this thread is two years old.

FD3S2005

iTrader: (11)

o haha didnt look at the date i guess some one brought it back from the dead... and i thought it was new.......sorry i am not that educated but if i had a picture and the name i would remeber it

s1mpsons

iTrader: (5)

I heard somewhere that you have to drop the PPF, rear suspension, and driveshaft to do these. It doesnt sound like the OP did all that. Is it really as simple as the OP posted? Can you get to all the bolts/nuts without having taken out the PPF, rear suspension, and driveshaft.

caredden

iTrader: (148)

You do NOT have to drop the PPF, or driveshaft. Just follow Rotorbrain's directions. Hardest part for me was getting the nuts loose that hold the diff bushing carrier to the diff. It is tight getting on top of the diff to get those nuts...

Good luck.

Charlie

s1mpsons

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Thanks. I'll give it a try.

zeroG

iTrader: (28)

Wanted to bring this back as I'm currently in the process of doing my bushings.

Right now I'm at the above mentioned step to remove the bolts on the top of the diff that hold the bushing carrier. I have enough space to get the wrench in there for all bolts, but I don't have enough space to get any significant amount of force/torque to rotate the wrench.

Do you guys have any other tips to try and get around to making a bit more space so I can get more torque on the bolts?

One thing I did notice is my diff doesn't really drop down quite as far as the OP stated. My diff drops down and stops about 1/2 in. from the rubber stoppers on the subframe. Anyway I don't see how this would make a difference but maybe I'm not seeing something I should be.

potatochobit

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my memory is really bad
but I think you jack up the wheels themselves and put wood blocks or books under them
and that causes the diff to lower
keep in mind- i did this 7 years ago so I could very well be wrong

moconnor

iTrader: (14)

Yes - you can force the wheels up a little to drop the differential a little more.

It is still a colossal pain in the *** to get these bolts off though.

zeroG

iTrader: (28)

Alright I was able to get it off. I didn't end up having to lower the diff any more, there was enough space with how I had it.

What I ended up doing was to use a standard open-end wrench to remove the nuts on the passengers side, and then using ratchet/socket to get the ones on the drivers side.

The way I was able to get enough leverage, was by using the chassis cross-brace that is right in front of the diff. That brace is shaped in a very good way to let you use it like a crobar. I rested it on the CV-joint socket or whatever its called and just pulled.

I realized afterwards that it would've been good to post up pictures of the process since the OP's aren't uploaded anymore. So I'm going to document it when I put it back together I post up new pics and directions of how I did it for future references.