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Gotta noise driving me up the wall. A couple of weeks ago I spotted that the tailshaft centre bearing rubber was torn and the bearing sitting low in the carrier. Everything was running fine and quiet otherwise. Ripped out the tailshaft and replaced the bearing and CV joint. CV only because...

Quick question. Does anyone have the correct size speedi sleeve needed to sort out a lip grooved M78 pinion flange/yoke boss? I’ve got a mild weep that’ll be annoying me soon enough to do something about it. I’d prefer to be able to knock it over in a day rather than have the ute blocked up...

Just posting this for information after running into a few issues and working them out. There are a lot of older threads about speedo correctors and where to wire them, but not many I could find on the current Jaycar offering or Dakota unit sold here in Australia by Marks 4WD. Credit to...

I'm in the process of overhauling a BW78 differential with a new 3.7 gear set and Truetrac centre to put under my ute. I've dummy fitted the new pinion into the housing and taken clearance measurements to work out how much I need to machine off the pinion head following the logic below: -...

After searching around I couldn't find this fix posted anywhere so I thought I'd put it up. Anyone who's owned a VS would have at some stage dealt with needing a helper to push down on the bonnet to allow it to open, or stuck a custom cut wedge under the latch itself. Mine got to the point...

A short public service post. I found it difficult to find good cross section images of the ecotec heads on the net. I did some port matching on mine and resorted to hacking up the old cracked heads to establish the wall thicknesses. Inlet and exhaust are shown plus a shot showing the presence...