Gripper diff oil

[acol]

Got a gripper fitted in my 172 cup, gunna give it a box oil change, what's everybody using for LSD diffs????

 

[BIGASH]

Castrol B373

 

[Cub.]

As James has said above ^^^^

 

[sonny172cup]

Gripper is a open plate and a Quaife is a close diff correct? So would that Castrol oil be ok to use in the Quaife ATB diff?

 

[MG cup]

Basically Gripper is a plate diff with frictional plates (servicable) that lock the two shafts together under load and Quaife is a mechanical (no servicing required) diff that sends power to the wheel with the most traction. An open diff is what that comes in the standard car where it will spin up whichever wheel with the least grip. That oil won't be suitable for your Quaife diff.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Jonny from Gripper i swear told me to use something from Morris lubricants, give him a call and ask

 

[sprintcup]

You can use the Morris oil but it's about £90-00 for 3 litres from what I was told, I'm using the castrol B373 as well and changing every 6 months, I've done about 1000 rd miles and the rest at events and the Diff and box have been fine I'll be dropping the oil this month to see what swarf is in there, just to say this oil is not for rd use and will have a short life span.

Regards Russ.............

 

[Fred@BTM]

Is it? Morris is round the corner from me, i thought they were cheap!

 

[sonny172cup]

Thanks Morgan, I just double checked on the webpage and it states that Quaife LSD's retain the OEM gear oil (just answered my own question). http://www.quaife.co.uk/shop/products/qdf6m-0

 

[sprintcup]

Is it? Morris is round the corner from me, i thought they were cheap!

Looks like you correct, should have gone and had a look on their site for myself possibly chinese wispers, they do a fully Synthetic XFS 80W/140 for £18-82 incl VAT for 1 litre so you'd need 4 as the box takes just over 3 litres + top up, the mineral based stuff is less, may give them a call and see what's available.

Regards Russ.......