Help!! I just got an LSD, IS THIS BAD/FIXABLE? - Honda Prelude Forum

H22AMedina · 03-07-2003, 03:03 PM

here is a link to my pics folder.. i took them today

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290572233

the pics i am refering to are the ones where my thumb points to a dent.. what do you think?

btw, are there supposed to be 14 bolts or just 12?

thanks guys

H22AMedina · 03-07-2003, 03:19 PM

maybe this will show up

SuperSH · 03-07-2003, 04:26 PM

That bearing should be replaced anyways. Press it off and replace it and dont forget to replace the race in the housing so they match. I only count ten bolts in my helms manual.

H22AMedina · 03-07-2003, 05:14 PM

where do I get the bearing? is it offered at the dealer even though the LSD was never offered in the US?

71dsp · 03-07-2003, 07:25 PM

Yes, just buy the differential bearings. They should fit if it is indeed a 5Gen LSD (the 4Gen LSD probably would fit as well).

H22AMedina · 03-07-2003, 09:59 PM

why do you think it's a fifth gen? hmmm.. I believe it's from a fourth gen.. not sure... i though m2b4 were fourth gen jdm tranny w/lsd??

so i can just go to the dealer and pick up the part?

screamer5300 · 03-07-2003, 11:52 PM

your dog is trying to eat you in one of the pictures.

i doubt the dealer will have that. epecially ed voyle, they suck ass.

try the place behind nopi. they seem to know a lot. engineering performance, something in that line of the name.

nopi off of cumberland mall.

Joon525 · 03-08-2003, 04:18 AM

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...++DIFFERENTIAL
Parts 7 and 8 are what you want.

Also, that diagram shows 10 bolt holes????? Double check your part.
I will check the pictures of my Quaife later for you as well.

71dsp · 03-08-2003, 06:15 AM

Yes, a dealer will have the bearings (or can order them). I would order them online myself; www.hparts.com, www.manhonda.com, www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

red92s · 03-08-2003, 10:03 AM

Sweet. . .another 4g JDM H22 in GA.

Satan_SRV · 03-08-2003, 01:55 PM

Okay I sent this....so it's just the bearing right?

How many bolts did you receive?

H22AMedina · 03-08-2003, 06:28 PM

I recieved 12 out of the fourteen neccesarry bolts here is a pic of how I recieved everything once I pulled it out of the box

you can see there are 12 bolts and that the FD needs 14

see the fourteen holes?

H22AMedina · 03-08-2003, 06:32 PM

Joon, in the pic you posted it shows the LSD in the top right I believe, and you can see 14 bolts needed there too

Satan_SRV · 03-08-2003, 10:58 PM

Okay let me check with the shop, they may be kicking around somewhere.

Your USDM bolts won't fit, that's why i had to send you the FD and bolts.

H22AMedina · 03-08-2003, 11:51 PM

if you can find them can you send it ASAP?? i am getting it dropped off sunday and hope to have it done thursday night... so if my mechanic can't find bolts the same size I'm screwed

Satan_SRV · 03-08-2003, 11:54 PM

well don't get it done yet if you don't have the bolts!

H22AMedina · 03-09-2003, 01:37 AM

man I HAVE to... I am having all of my friends from florida and GA meet me next weekend for a drag/autox... I REALLY don't want to miss out on it, so worst comes to worse, I'll just have the clutch and flywheel put in and just sell the LSD for what I can get for it in the condition

71dsp · 03-09-2003, 05:39 AM

Just order the bolts from Honda. They aren't that expensive, and I highly doubt that the JDM bolts are different from the USDM bolts.

prelude styl · 03-09-2003, 05:55 AM

The bearings and races won't fit if you order them from honda.

The differential is way different than the one found in the trans, it's larger, has more bolts, and the bearings and races are different. I don't know where you're going to be able to get them.

71dsp · 03-09-2003, 06:01 AM

What? It looks similar to the bearings on my 5Gen differential.

You don't have to change driveshafts to use this diff, right? So I would imagine the drive shaft "couplers" on this LSD would be the same dimensions as it is on the stock diff, and the bearing races fit into the tranny casing, so how different could the bearings be?