Been a slow day, I’m taking it easy and I’m off work sick, my throat is all torn up 🙁
How can I verify my diff has been re-assembled correctly?
I don’t have a power supply but I have RzR battery power. Also maybe someone can take a look at my installation pictures below and tell me if I did it right.
I’m thinking about hooking up 12V power to the two wires, will this work as a test?
Split the Diff Case
2015-09-22_05-17-33 by glamisduner, on Flickr
remove the top rings and splines keepthing them in order.
2015-09-22_05-17-52 by glamisduner, on Flickr
As you pull the stock cage out, cup your hand over the pins as they will fly out.
2015-09-22_05-18-06 by glamisduner, on Flickr
I pulled the whole thing apart to ensure it was clean, if you do this hold the diff case seal side up and pop the splined part back through the seal carefully on the bottom to ensure it is centered. Mine took a couple tries, but using this trick it worked every time. You don’t need to pull this out though.
2015-09-22_05-18-48 by glamisduner, on Flickr
Remove the spring clips from the old cage. Mine isn’t broken I’m just doing preventative maintenance (thx polaris). Decided it’s less risky to fix it before it breaks, then have to go in for warranty for who knows how long, at which point I would still want to upgrade it….
2015-09-22_05-19-18 by glamisduner, on Flickr
Put clips on new sprague
2015-09-22_05-19-31 by glamisduner, on Flickr
Put the sprague partially in so it will hold the pins as you pop them into place.
2015-09-22_05-19-48 by glamisduner, on Flickr
Here is the gotcha, this isn’t going to work on the Direct Drive Sprague, anyone see the problem?
2015-09-22_05-20-05 by glamisduner, on Flickr
The problem is that this groove needs to align with the pin or else the plastic ring and metal catch will not be able to be aligned correctly. This design is stronger/better than the Black |Rhino version IMO due to having less unnecessary cutouts (the stock cage has them too) but you gotta watch out when your installing it. (Yep I had to pull mine and put all the pins back in it!)
2015-09-22_05-20-54 by glamisduner, on Flickr
Ahh there we go, can someone tell me if I have the spring clipped properly around the pin? 2015-09-22_05-21-07 by glamisduner, on Flickr
I kinda guessed in this picture on how to align the plastic piece, in that the pin should be close to the other one, and that the long tabs on the ring were there to help support the spring/metal ring under it. Can someone verify before I run it like this?
2015-09-22_05-21-31 by glamisduner, on Flickr
These are the tabs that will need to align with the grooves in the sprague top:
2015-09-22_05-21-31 by glamisduner, on Flickr