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MY Kaaz sounds like its tearing itself to pieces!

Its was making BAd noises from the begining, as soon as i reversed out of the shed and turned it was doing it... i had to drive around 15k to get to a car park to run it in, but i drove sensibly...

when u go round a corner with the clutch in it makes a bit of a whiring noise.. that i expect.. but as soon as u are driving normally it doesnt sound happy at all....

(sounds like the thing is skipping splines on the axel... and no its not.. i checked.. twice)

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I had the Kaaz stuff in it, then i changed it because u are supposed to after run in.. so i put the reccomended stuff in it.. (cant rember off the top of my head) I was gunan get some more kaaz stuff but dont wanna waste $100 worth of oil if its not gunna fix it

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I had the Kaaz stuff in it, then i changed it because u are supposed to after run in.. so i put the reccomended stuff in it.. (cant rember off the top of my head) I was gunan get some more kaaz stuff but dont wanna waste $100 worth of oil if its not gunna fix it

if you have put redline diff oil in then this could be your problem, the oil is too thin for the kaaz diff and results it becoming very noisy; when did it start making the noises?

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Ive got a kaaz 1.5 way with about 1500kms on it, and im not happy with the clunks and grinding noises either. Im thinking of pulling it out and putting a standard one back in. I changed the oil after run in with more kaaz oil, and the diff became a bit quieter, but still feels as though the rear cradle is dragging on the road when in car parks. I f**kin hate it at the moment.

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Ive got a kaaz 1.5 way with about 1500kms on it, and im not happy with the clunks and grinding noises either. Im thinking of pulling it out and putting a standard one back in. I changed the oil after run in with more kaaz oil, and the diff became a bit quieter, but still feels as though the rear cradle is dragging on the road when in car parks. I f**kin hate it at the moment.

I changed the oil in mine yesterday and put some Penrite Competition diff oil 140w in it and it is ten times better! still makes afew noises but nothing like it was!

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So did you have the recommended Kaaz oil in it before you changed to the Penrite?

Ive heard that the Penrite seems to quieten them down a bit. When you say "a few noises", do you mean clunk!, clunk! around tight corners in car parks, or just slight grinding noises.

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Shaun.

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Toughen up people!

If you wanted a quiet diff you should have stuck with a viscous LSD.

I have changed the oil in my KAAZ diff twice, both times using KAAZ oil, each time it has quietened down a little. I am due for a third and final oil change, which will be done shortly, using a Castrol oil, which has been recommended by a friend using the same diff.

All mechanical diffs will be noisy as you accelerate gently through a corner, if you don't like the feel/noise just push the clutch to eliminate the drive force to the diff. I just don't worry about it.

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So did you have the recommended Kaaz oil in it before you changed to the Penrite?

Ive heard that the Penrite seems to quieten them down a bit. When you say "a few noises", do you mean clunk!, clunk! around tight corners in car parks, or just slight grinding noises.

Thanks,

Shaun.

REALLY bad clunkingnear on grinding noises.... One of a mates has a Kaaz and its quiet compared to mine.. mine sounded like it was tearing itself to bits!!

now with the penrite it just makes a few noises in carparks etc.. that i can live with.. very happy now!

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Toughen up people!

If you wanted a quiet diff you should have stuck with a viscous LSD.

I have changed the oil in my KAAZ diff twice, both times using KAAZ oil, each time it has quietened down a little. I am due for a third and final oil change, which will be done shortly, using a Castrol oil, which has been recommended by a friend using the same diff.

All mechanical diffs will be noisy as you accelerate gently through a corner, if you don't like the feel/noise just push the clutch to eliminate the drive force to the diff. I just don't worry about it.

Mate it doesnt worry me a f**k if it makes a few noises.. but this wasnt right at all.. it made more noises than a auto locker... now with the new oil its spot on!

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I wouldnt recomend the castrol oil, ive got a nizmo 2 way and had the castrol stuff in there, wasnt to bad but later on i changed to penrite 90 weight stuff and it it heaps smoother, still clunks and stuff but i dont mind that :P

might be different to the kaaz ones, seems like you guys are all using a much heavier oil

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2way LSDs are very aggressive and thanks to that will always make a noise and theres almost no way of drowning the sound completely but at least when your cornering you tend to forget about the noise. tho, i gotta admit the noise is annoying.

from what i heard from some, the nismo 2 way and the tomei technical trax 2way are quieter than the rest.

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these diffs are supposed to make noise it feels like the whole cradle is moving and ready to drop out but if you don't want the noise then get a stock car i'm pretty sure all of these things ultimately have the race track in mind and that's where they are supposed to be used hence the lack of quietness if ya don't like it stock is the way to go mine sounds like crap but if ya want it you put up with it still works a treat oh and i use motul oil essentially the same as nismo oil just without the nismo and price tag

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