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hey i have decided to get the diff welded on my r 32, can any one tell me how long they roughly  last >?  thanks

Depends.....

How goods your welding....?

Carefull not to go overboard with the weld and Fu<k the bearings.

Buy a spool they are dirt cheap bought mine for $110

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f*k welded diffs

they are too dangerous IMO

Oh I dont know ;)

I loved the Durability & predictablity of the Mini spool in my old 340rwHP R31.

It could be thrown around with ease, No understeer to talk of, the only issue being stress on certain parts of car and low speed maneuverability. ;)

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PSI_GTSII, where can u buy a spool for a r32 skyline diff?

I've looked and haven't found anyone who sells them.

My understanding of how a spool works, is it replaces the spider gears inside the diff, but effectively does the same thing as locking it up. I don't see how you wouldn't get any more or less understeer as with a locked diff......

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PSI_GTSII, where can u buy a spool for a r32 skyline diff?

I've looked and haven't found anyone who sells them.

My understanding of how a spool works, is it replaces the spider gears inside the diff,  but effectively does the same thing as locking it up. I don't see how you wouldn't get any more or less understeer as with a locked diff......

A spool is a locked diff is it not.

Anyway, one of my mates has a locked diff in a fairly fast car (10.7sec) it is welded. Now his problem with it is that he feels it is not balanced properly, as it is very difficult to get the welds even. This is where a spool would help I would think. Going by what hes saying anyway.

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