After it finally arrived I installed it yesterday; I was under the impression it was plug and play and that is not the case, I searched on here to see if anyone had done a write up and did not find one so here we go!
Jacked the car up and started on the removal of the stock d/s; you HAVE to have a 12pt 12mm socket to remove the 4 stock bolts-which will be reused-that hold the flange to the d/s. You will need a 6 pt 10mm socket to remove the 6 stock bolts on the d/s end that bolt into the differential housing and you will need a 13mm 6pt socket to remove the bolts that attatch the bracket to the frame. I had to remove the drivers side exhaust mid pipe to get the stock d/s out (15MM) as the I guess I did not have the car in the air high enough.
The DSS d/s is shipped with everything installed/connected and no instructions; you need to remove the 6 7/16 hex head bolts that are holding the adapter on, once those 6 bolts are removed wiggle the adapter off and then you will see how to get to the other 6 hex head bolts that are used to attach the flange to the diff.
Install the adapter to the diff using the shorter 6 7/16 bolts, then slide the d/s into positon and what I did was put the 4 stock 12mm bolts on the flange side to assist in holding the d/s in place...I put them on far enough to support the d/s. The I installed the 6 longer 7/16 hex head bolts through the d/s and into the adapter on the diff side; once that was done I tightened the 4 12mm bolts on the flange side and was done.
The hardest part of all of this was the getting up and down from under the car and shifting the car in and out of N/P to gain access to the various bolts.
I have a little clunk where the d/s is hitting the exhaust only when shifting out of gear-from P to R and R to D-which I will have to adjust and I did notice some harmonics when decelling at arounf 45-50 mph but other than that all is well....took it up to around 80mph and so far no vibes.
Jacked the car up and started on the removal of the stock d/s; you HAVE to have a 12pt 12mm socket to remove the 4 stock bolts-which will be reused-that hold the flange to the d/s. You will need a 6 pt 10mm socket to remove the 6 stock bolts on the d/s end that bolt into the differential housing and you will need a 13mm 6pt socket to remove the bolts that attatch the bracket to the frame. I had to remove the drivers side exhaust mid pipe to get the stock d/s out (15MM) as the I guess I did not have the car in the air high enough.
The DSS d/s is shipped with everything installed/connected and no instructions; you need to remove the 6 7/16 hex head bolts that are holding the adapter on, once those 6 bolts are removed wiggle the adapter off and then you will see how to get to the other 6 hex head bolts that are used to attach the flange to the diff.
Install the adapter to the diff using the shorter 6 7/16 bolts, then slide the d/s into positon and what I did was put the 4 stock 12mm bolts on the flange side to assist in holding the d/s in place...I put them on far enough to support the d/s. The I installed the 6 longer 7/16 hex head bolts through the d/s and into the adapter on the diff side; once that was done I tightened the 4 12mm bolts on the flange side and was done.
The hardest part of all of this was the getting up and down from under the car and shifting the car in and out of N/P to gain access to the various bolts.
I have a little clunk where the d/s is hitting the exhaust only when shifting out of gear-from P to R and R to D-which I will have to adjust and I did notice some harmonics when decelling at arounf 45-50 mph but other than that all is well....took it up to around 80mph and so far no vibes.
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