S15 lsd install? Setting backlash?

[TheStartingLine]

Im going to be ordering my s15 hlsd here in the next couple of days. Its going into my s13 oe diff.To set the backlash you need shims, right? Where can i get a shim kit to do this?What did you guys with s15 lsd's do to get them in?

[OptionZero]

s-e-a-r-c-h n00b

[swwifty]

From what I've read, you can use the stock shims in the original location as the stock diff.

If you search a bit, you'll find a few threads on a S15 LSD install.

Here's a start..

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=89181&highlight=S15+HLSD

[TheStartingLine]

THanks Swwifty, I found the threads i just didnt find enough about the shims.
So OptionZero :mephfawk: :mrmeph:

[swwifty]

THanks Swwifty, I found the threads i just didnt find enough about the shims.
So OptionZero :mephfawk: :mrmeph:

I'll know from personal experience pretty soon. I've got a S15 LSD sitting waiting to be installed.

[skithesteel]

Keeping it within spec is hit or miss with reusing the stock shims. I looked for a shim kit when I was going to install mine, but the best I could do was get the part numbers for each size shim from the FSM and get them priced individually. I think they ended up being about $15 per shim from the dealer and there are 12 (?) different sizes or so.

I ended up having a shop I trust install it. It was just going to be too much of a pain for me to have to measure which shims I needed and then order and wait for them, still with a possibility of needing different sizes. It was an area I felt more comfortable having a professional take care of, and he did end up having to shim it.

This thread on FreshAlloy is pretty informative ... it used to have pictures too but I guess they don't work anymore.
http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB9&Number=67806578