Quaife Installation questions

[Srt8_Guy]

I just bought a Quaife diff for my '07 SRT8.

I was planning on installing it myself, along with help from my very experienced professional driveline mechanic friends.
Nobody in my area has worked on these cars yet.

I bought the 5 volume DC service manual.
I am building the correct differential spreader to unload and re-load the carrier bearings.

I went to my DC dealer to look for parts for the job:
-axle seals
-carrier side bearings
-carrier side bearing retaining rings, in an assortment of thcknesses.
-ring gear bolts


He punched in my VIN into the parts computer and said that DC does not sell nor service the SRT8 rear end. It is flagged as "component replacement only."

Does anyone have the part numbers or a source to purchase these parts?

Help!

Dave

[gritz45]

Originally Posted by Srt8_Guy

I just bought a Quaife diff for my '07 SRT8.

I was planning on installing it myself, along with help from my very experienced professional driveline mechanic friends.
Nobody in my area has worked on these cars yet.

I bought the 5 volume DC service manual.
I am building the correct differential spreader to unload and re-load the carrier bearings.

I went to my DC dealer to look for parts for the job:
-axle seals
-carrier side bearings
-carrier side bearing retaining rings, in an assortment of thcknesses.
-ring gear bolts


He punched in my VIN into the parts computer and said that DC does not sell nor service the SRT8 rear end. It is flagged as "component replacement only."

Does anyone have the part numbers or a source to purchase these parts?

Help!

Dave

The diff is a Mercedes piece. You can probably get the parts from them if you can identify a compatible application. I believe it was used in the previous gen E Class. Sorry I dont know more, but a number of people on this forum have had them installed.

[Srt8_Guy]

Thank you- yes, I was thinking of going that route, but I do need to find a correct model/year mercedes to order..

[moondo]

did you get hooked up?
i purchased only axle seals, needed no bearings, spacers, etc (12k mi)