PPF bolt "sleeves"??

ralt · Postby **ralt** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:39 am

Hi.
No the upper spacer does not have a thread only the lower spacers insert.

revhead · Postby **revhead** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 1:02 pm

Great, so I need to go to a bolt shop and purchase something to remove a sleeve. Argh what a pain!

I think I am going to try and remove the cast metal spacer, then try to slide the ppf up and over to try and clear the sleeve from the diff.

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JBT · Postby **JBT** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:12 pm

revhead wrote:Great, so I need to go to a bolt shop and purchase something to remove a sleeve.

Not for the NA8 as I recall. The diff just separated from the PPF once the bolts came out.

revhead · Postby **revhead** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:37 pm

Diff arrived today. I noticed it has these sleeves/spacers in it already? Does this change anything regarding install?

I will hopefully be installing it Sunday arvo

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manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:38 pm

Likewise, JBT. All I ever did was undo the two bolts and pull them out. That round collar spacer thing around one of the bolts just came out with it. Then I swung the PPF off the diff. If you're still worried then Black Penguin's method works too - just leave the PPF on the diff and dismantle them after they're out.

How the hell did we get to 3 pages about removing two bolts anyway?

Is this some kind of new demented forum record?

revhead · Postby **revhead** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:42 pm

I know right, 3 pages is excessive. I blame the mazda engineers for seemingly over complicating this. I will see what happens on Sunday.

Most likely I will remove the entire ppf attached to the diff and examine it on the floor before I pull it apart

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revhead · Postby **revhead** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:07 pm

So, after much struggle and two nights of pre soaking in wd40, I managed to drop and install the diff without any fancy long bolts. With a lot of jiggling and freeing up the front ppf bolts, the sleeve slid own the diff mount on it's own allowing the ppf to swing free.
Apart from me forgetting/not knowing to replace the seals (huge leak!) It all went well. Forked out some "piece of mind" money to have a shop sort the leak for me so all is good now. Just have a really intense oil smell as it is burning off the exhaust (from the leak) and splattered under the car!!
Did the obligatory one wheel on grass and the other on pavement test, car took off just fine! Didn't leave me spinning one wheel on the grass like the open did.

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