Thanks filip, means alot bro 🙂

If you need any help, shoot me a message. Nismo are like the best for street for a 2 way as well so you have a great one already then. It would be interesting to know what diff ratio you are running, it will be printed on the crown wheel/ring gear 🙂

You're welcome mate, glad it has helped you sp far with your own build 😀✌

Thanks mate, much appreciated ✌🙂

Thanks Tony, appreciate the kind feedback mate and that you got value from the vid. The shimmed VLSD works a treat once setup well 👌🙂

@@JoeYates77 no no no good sir thank you for making the video in the first place. In your experience would you say that I should do the 2 X 1mm shims as per your video… It’s a street car that I would like to lock up easily but don’t want it to sound like a welded diff in parking lots etc

Thanks bro

Thanks mate, appreciate it. Hope it goes well and you sort it out nicely. 🙂🤙

Thanks mate.

@Edgar Zechariah thanks Edgar, if you do it right and lock it enough and just get the sizing right it should work nicely. I'm glad it's working for you. For my diff, that same diff that was shimmed, it's lasted two drift events so far :)

I don't think it matters too much which side it goes on but good rule of thumb is to replace the existing one in the same location but with more thickness. Or if the shim is in good condition you can add 1 x smaller one as an extra. I replaced mine with slightly thicker ones and then added an extra for good measure. Sorry about the late reply, hope you got it sorted in the end 🙂✌

I believe the splines on the stub axles are a different count, so they won't mate and fit together. You would need an r33 gtst long nose ABS diff with 5 bolt stub axles and driveshafts to match.

Thank you for your reply I really really needed that information . I appreciate that a lot 🙏🏽💯

The new shims replaced 1x badly worn out shim. Also adding another in adds to increase how much the l.s.d is locked. Every viscous r200 lsd is different, you may need one thicker, and or an extra shim. I have 3 x in mine. Depends on what's already there and how much the shims have worn. Its sometimes a little trial and error. I added in one extra shim and replaced the worn shim with one a little thicker. You can get the shims in different thickness sizes. Hope this helps :)

Try carefully hitting it harder, they are usually stuck in pretty hard. If it's come out a bit, you're nearly there. The only risk now is maybe breaking the circuit that it's catching on. Usually the c clip is fine and you can reuse although workshop manuals usually say to replace it. Try hitting it harder at different points on the stub axle flange. You're nearly there! Hope that helps.

@@JoeYates77 ok 👍 😁 i Will take a look again tomorrow the right axle/hub had alot of play in it and im not sure why. Also Not sure what diffs in there.. on the cover someone been writing 38420-RS020-A. But dont look like One. Its atleast a 2way, 😂🤷

A little bit is ok, this is normal from what I am aware. There will be a little bit of movement until the C clip stops the stub axle/shaft from coming out. Nothing to be too concerned about unless of course you can pull it right out!

Thanks for your reply. What do you think? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qr9mZJh8vLKmdIU.html

It's fine man. Once the hub nut is fastened at the hub/brake disk, the driveshaft won't move much at all at the diff. Mine was also like this. I'd consider this to be normal.

I've not tried more than 1.2mm approx. Id say about maximum 2mm extra thickness. That will be locked hard. It's a bit of trial and error, I've had great sucess just adding 1mm of extra.

Depends on how worn the original ones in your diff are, also I'd say replace them if they look badly worn with the same thickness then add about 1mm of shim. It's something you kind of have to experiment with. Increasing the current total thickness will increase tightness, I'd say increase the thickness by about 1mm, so add 1mm of shim or thereabouts. What I did in the video is exactly what I did and it lasted a long time, many drift events.

@@JoeYates77 thanks

I'd imagine the principal will be the same. The part numbers for the shims might be different. However you could try replacing the oil if its been in there a while with some high quality VLSD oil to hopefully restore its binding/locking up abilities. Other than that, from what I gather alot of people who own them for drifting will weld the centre together. This depends essentially on what your needs are for the diff. Hope this helps somewhat. The Nissan Fast online catalogue might help in regard to the part numbers for the shims :)

Hey Doug, The shim sizes and Nissan parts numbers are below. I added x 1 extra shim and replaced the worn shim which was about 0.75mm with another new shim.) The size I used was the 1.01mm shim x 2. Hope this helps :) 0.80mm = 3842440F60 0.85mm = 3842440F62 0.90mm = 3842440F63 1.01mm = 3842440F67 1.05mm = 3842440F68 1.10mm = 3842440F70 1.20mm = 3842440F73 1.30mm = 3842440F76 1.40mm = 3842440F80 1.49mm = 3842440F83

@@JoeYates77 Hmm interesting...

To make the centre essentially locked without welding it. This diff I installed is an R33 R200 with stronger 5 bolt flanges and driveshafts. It originally has a Viscous Coupling Type (VLSD) centre which has a shim either side of the internal coupling and works off friction by movement of the shims against the coupling. When the oil heats up from movement it binds. Shimming the diff centre by adding an extra shim or replacing the worn shims effectively locks it and or makes it tight. Its essentially a cheaper alternative to sourcing and installing a mechanical clutch type LSD. How locked you want it is up to how thick and how many shims you install. Usually you might just say, remove the worn shims and replace them adding one extra. It's a great option if you don't want to weld the centre but main key point is that it's a budget/cheaper option compared to say a good mechanical clutch type LSD centre. Hope this helps :)

@@JoeYates77 ahh i see now. Just affects how the diff locks. Gotcha. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!

@@spiritdrift6207 you're welcome mate, anytime 🙂✌hopefully in the future I'll be able to splash the cash on a nice Nismo GT LSD but for now it's working well. (6 x drift days so far) 🙂👍

No unfortunately not, tho wouldn't that be cool. One of Australia's very own 'OG' original top drifters.