Thanks to the generosity of several listers I should now be able
to come up with the right combination of shims to complete the
job.
Only item I'm still lacking is the pinion spacer........
Thanks!!
Brad
1957 TR3
>I've decided to follow Henry Frye's advice and assemble my
>Southwick axle as soon as possible. Apparently after Henry
>installed the Salisbury LSD in his Southwick modified axie he ran
>into the problem of axles being to short and had to get new
longer
>axles from Southwick. Since his application was a TR4 and mine
is
>a TR3 I can't simply use the same length axles as Henry.
>
>The axle I had converted was one I received from Joe(A) and it
was
>just the bare housing with the bearing caps. So I'm in the
>process or ordering new bearings and shims. Since this is
a "new"
>installation I needed to order these components . I was able to
>get the bearings without any problem but most of the shims appear
>to be "discontinued" or "no longer sold".
>
>So, does anyone have any idea where I can come up with the
various
>shims I'll need to get the diff set up properly?
>
>Also, if anyone has a spare Pinion Spacer laying around I'd be
>happy to buy it.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Brad
>1957 TR3
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