Having cleetus mocking your 9 inch diff knowledge was the pinnacle to start my day

love seeing adam doing things out of his comfort zone

11:03 Sean telling cleetus he's a big fan made me smile 😅

We need a month of LZ x Cleet, drifting, dirt bikes, jet boats, roll racing and airplanes!

This is honestly one of the more neat cars you’ve had on the channel

Cleetus always has time for people and fun. It's up to you to find the time. It would definitely be some awesome videos with you too kicking it

I’m over here screaming watching Adam hammer that chisel between the 3rd member and the housing

Some tips and info. Your axle is a simifloat, hence the bolts at the end of the axle tube. Full float axles have bolts for the axle shaft on the very end of the hub. Big trucks use those kind. C clip axles are like what was said in the vid, but youll never see that with a 3rd member because you cant axcess the c clips. 9in diff is stonger than 8.8 because the pinion is supported by a bearing on both sides of the pinion gear and ofcourse the ring gear difference adds strength. prussian blue works but actual yellow gear marking compound is definitely better. Your gear pattern is set by your pinion depth. Back lash will effect it slightly but major changes will be in pinion depth. The spanners are what you're calling the shims. Calling them shims is fine really but you know the internet. Spanners set your backlash as well as your bearing preload. Setting preload on tape bearings is just as critical as backlash. Since you took your pinion nut off you'll also need to set pinion preload and possibly put in a new crush sleeve unless it's shim style pinion gear. Pinion preload differs with new vs old bearings. Hope that helps

The new Datsun seems like pure fun in a small package

Watching Adam struggle and learn about leaf springs and solid axles has been the best content on the channel😂

Seeing Adam have absolutely no idea what’s going on is absolutely hilarious to me. I don’t think he realized the adjustment for backlash was threaded not just grooves lol. I hope the diff hold together and doesn’t just blow apart

That’s funny as hell that cleetus is the only one who knows what’s going on 😂

I love these project cars that don't cost over 50k. Allows me think I can do this one day

I agree, would love to see cleetus and lz content more

watching this type of mods and driving is honestly so fun. the calls with cleetus, the dodgy mechanics, the sandbags… perfect 😂👌

Lmao Adam's hard-core look and lick of the lip before that launch at 22:56 had me dying.😂

It was definitely painful watching the center chunk being pried on with the axels still being in 😂 Glad you’re venturing out dude 🤘🏼

Adams facial expressions when launching the car kill me everytime😂

Adam will Flex on you not even realizing it. This whole time I was thinking “why not just look it up on KZfaq” takes it one step further and calls the KZfaqr 🤯

I'm 49 years old and I know less about this than you do; even though a rotary Rx3 was the first proper petrol head car I ever hooned around in when I was a teenager. I love fast cars, but I'm a electronics guy and know my way around a circuit extremely well, but mechanics? no idea, never really fooled around with it. I love that you are doing this and I gotta say; I already liked you mate, but the fact you are willing to just feel your way through this live on youtube, without GAF about the old boys in the comments, makes me appreciate you even more.

Adam talking about his 9 inch cracks me up every time 😂

This car hits home!!! I remember mum driving us to school as kids in one of these ❤

I love this car! One of the best builds/ upgrades on the channel!!!

Adam..... everyone does this when they don't know. Its awesome. Ive been learning for 40 years of wrench turning. This aint the BS ShadeTreeMech show were everything was pre loosened and edited perfect. 100 content! Keep it real.

Not gonna lie, as someone who set up their first 9" back in HS shop class... 45 years ago, that was a little painful. Good stuff! LOL

Epic journey 😂 Cleetus’s reactions were gold! 🤪 You guys need to do more collab 😎🤘

Man this is awesome! The rear tire/wheels Setup looks crazy cool now! This would be a sick drag/street build..😍

The amount of stuff I learned from you and Cletus and Sam and everybody in the car industry on KZfaq is amazing I love watching Adam he's so entertaining

Dude, respect to Cleet to walk you on elementary stuff for ‘merican drivetrain, but imagine those people learning about 4 rotor JDM nuggets as fast as you did about that 9” axle 😅 Good stuff! Loving this “non-build” datsun. ❤

Australia represent! Love the classic build adam!!!

Out of all the cars you own this right here is the one. It has character. What a dime

I luv Johns reaction to every car!! The man luvs cars and speed as much as LZ.

I always figured you and Garrett/Cleetus were too busy to collab but I really hope you both can find the time. Both some of my favorite youtubers!

The brapsun. Easily my favorite car on the channel and it's not even close. Love the mods you've done so far also. So good!

This is the best ever, I have a Mazda R100 and a 9 inch watching you try to pull it apart I was like yelling at the screen trying to guide ya.. keep it up brother love what you do

SEEING ADAM WORK ON CARS AGAIN LIKE WHEN HE USED TO WITH THE 240 IS GOLD THIS IS WHAT I SUBED FOR YEARS AGO!

That’s the idler arm. People can custom turn bearings to put in the idler arm so it doesn’t wear from heat. Turn some brass on the lathe to fit and add a zerk fitting and just grease it every so often. Also maybe coat the down pipe for good luck lol

You should get some no prep traction compound to really get those tires to stick! Also, I'd love to see a trip to the drag strip to see what this little monster can run in the quarter!

Quickly becoming one of my favourite builds

Really love this car brings back so much memories from back home in PR… weekend cruiser…..❤

Wow that thing is definitely gonna wheelie on a sticky prepped track! Awesome job! 👊

Watching you guys learn the 9in, is like watching cave men discover fire lol 😂❤

im happy so happy to see this car on the channel!

This has been the absolute best car yet!! I like that he's going outside the box and comfort zone and still having fun with it. He needs a 510 next😅😅

i love this content adam has the best interest in everything we love

Adam is bikelife fr , man’s is really out here wheeling a car 😂🔥

Love all the rota stuff you're dealin with now. fkn sick man

This has been one of the most fun and genuine videos ive seen on the channel lately and you being a little out of your comfort zone really made me connect and wanna see success! Nice work.

Cleetus giggling was what I needed today.its ok Adam we know the 9 inch is like an alien to you.

This is the Cleetus content we love. Doesnt need to be well organized / planned.

So sick ! Honestly loving the dato content ! Such a cool car !

Love Datsuns! My high school car was a 1978 Datsun 510 hatchback in blue, with black louvers on the rear window and chrome rims (rare for that time).

I bet you if you let yohan drag launch that thing he would get it to lift off. The combination of him being puerto rican and that big head of his swinging inside the car, surely the front end will lift right up

Nice work Mike turning the slow parts into the fun sttutter edit

Quickly becoming my favorite car of yours. Super light mega fun

This little mini series on the Datsun is so damn good! It’s great to see Adam getting his hands dirty again 😂

So is this going to be his drag car now ? 😊can’t wait. Get cleeter over there to assist with some freedom

I love that little car. Take it to the track with Kyle, and see what it's got in the quarter.

Love these type of build! I had one of these , hopefully I’ll see you at a track one day racing for fun. I’m working on a s10 many blessing to you and all your builds

Dude your a true inspiration proving hard work does pay off 👊🏻👊🏻

More collabs with cleetus would be sick, get him to help you with a full on drag build 🤞🤞

Adam trying to wheelie and Cleetus trying to keep the blazer on the ground XD

Hahahahaha 😂🤣 im dying laughing watching this. Adam not every one has worked on these type drivetrain. So screw it you have to learm but thannyou for not cutting away the best content this year so far

Love seeing you not be afraid to try and be wrong loved the vid man

Drive shaft angle isn't what matters , it's having matching pinion angles so if the transmission is at a 2 degree angle the diff should also be at 2 degrees . You should see the angle of the drive shafts on a lifted Jeep , that's some crazy angle .

Watching Adam work on old school american parts is pretty entertaining, I wanna see him build a first gen Camaro drift car 👍

Lmfao😂 y’all are so funny. These are the easiest things to work on. But I’m really diggin the new build here!!! Keep the laughs coming 😂

Love the datsun, probably the most unique car on the channel yet

The wrench with a ratchet u mention at 3:00 . they exist bro. Im working as mechanic and use them basically every day.

The dato is gunna be so sweet when he gives it the lz refresh. Such a fun lil beast!

Cleeter is such a stand up guy he probably would help a thief break into his house. Even helped with tips for a wheelie. “ Throw some sand bags in the back and send it brother.” Adam looked like a kid at Christmas pulling the axles out. Isn’t the pitman arm attached to the steering box and idler arm is on the passenger side? Holy low tire pressure Batman. Adam needs to do a giveaway and the winner gets to come down and rage on the Navy Bean. That front bumper needs some super glue. It’s friendly and waving at us. At least Cleeter didn’t jinx em with the ole “ I can’t think of a single thing that could go wrong.” Excellent video Adam. I need the Navy Bean.

Really like this build because it's very similar to what you see over here in Australia. Dattos with 13b, ca18, sr20, FJ20, etc.

Lol, this is genuinely funny content. I've never worked on a rear end, and I knew from watching car shows growing up that you didn't need to pull anything you did, and that you had to pull the axels. I was always one of the forum guys who defended 'dumb questions' because no one is born knowing anything, much less everything. This car is not high up on my list of interests but the videos have been great.

Loved this series

The car using a pitman steering system was cool, I only really heard about them in class and from the guys in the heavy-duty trucking class from my college.

Cleetus is the man quality FaceTime absolute gold thankyou 👌🏼👌🏼 had me grinning for ages

I love this series seeing you work on old school stuff, I'm building an 83 camaro right now so it feels at home 🤣

This whole episode is a comedy. Great to see someone learning solid axle stuff.

Reminds me of my RX2 days, yes, I'm Puerto Rican. I like what you have going on here Adam.

man this build is one of my favs on the channel ur smiles and playing with ur 9 inch for the first time is so good

Great video, funny too. I was one of those guys yelling about removing the 'axles' we call them half shafts in UK

I enjoy watching these more home styled vids a lot. Like Adam or someone in the shop working on something other than a full race car lol

What an awesome wee car this is. Love the videos. Just fun. This definitely needs some ripping out at the Freedom Factory 😎 👍🏻

Loving the Datsun content

This little Datto looks really fun.. Ive seen a few with 13B transplants done here in Aus. I used to have a 79 Mazda 626 (the RWD ones) that i upgraded with 13B Rotary .. Awesome little car, they actually have the same running gear as the first series RX7s (FB).. To run it with a Rotary, I used a cut down RX4 single piece drive shaft. Worked well but the only real issue it had was it chopped out UV joints all the time.. Suggest just checking them regularly as I found out the hard way what happens when one snaps..

Loved your video, Love your car! Thanks for entertaining me.❤❤❤ You guys Rock!!!

I think Cleeter summed it all up perfectly,Eediot😂,the old Datto is a bit of a weapon,love the channel and keep it up mate cheers 🇦🇺👍🛞🔥🛞🔥👌

I've never wanted to see one of these projects come together like I have this one.

Loved seeing cleeter get a kick out of your 9 inch questions, would love to see cleeter at the compound drifting with you one day!

Been watching this Whole Video with a Big smile, This car is sick!!

Top 5 of my favorite builds

For some reason I love this car and build

Would love to see a restoration series on the LZ Channel of older cool cars, he has the facilities and all the people to do it plus he has the storage for a crazy collection

I grew up with muscle cars, hot rods, and trucks (+ carburetors). All of it seems so much simpler to me than what you usually work on. I knew as soon as you said you were calling cleetus that he was going to get a good laugh.

Ive been doing rear diff repairs and builds for 30yrs, everybody starts somewhere so i will never criticize somebody not knowing about everything. Thats simply not in your normal wheelhouse of what you work on and thats fine, its not what you know its that you know where to get the info to get it done. From the beginning when i saw the 9” i was like…..yea he’s probably going to fk something up….and was talking you thru it the whole time but you didnt listen😂. Main thing is you got it done and learned something different.

Its so much fun watching you wrench on yourself again

As someone who has worked on 9 inch diffs this video was very funny 😂😂 gotta learn some how good stuff Adam

I’m doing the same thing to my 4Runner right now actually. But I haven’t been changing 9 inches since I was 6 months old. But I have heard you should change the bearing and all that stuff inside when your changing the seal. So change the seal and bearing at the same time. Then when pressing it back in make sure the seal is riding on the center on one of those polished rings 👍🏻

35:20 started out cringing watching the hammers while the axle still in... Then when the shimming without the bearing caps, car still does burnouts and doesn't send the stank oil all over the compound. Like reverse Murphy's law, if you did it all "wrong" you cant be disappointed. Everything worked out and everyone in the video had the gigles. Loved this one.

Great move calling Cleet, this car is awesome.