Ke55 Diff Into Ke20, Handbrake Cable Problem

[loupee]

hi I'm new to this forum and recently bought a ke20. i have put ke55 struts and brakes onto it and also a ke55 diff. the problem i am having is that the handbrake cables from the ke55 diff seem to be to short. so do i put the cables from my old diff on, or is there another way? any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers.

[Jono]

i have this setup on my car. they are short but will just go on.

 

did you do it properly and move the leaf mounts?

[loupee]

i actually made 30mm blocks with new shock mounts on the and offset the pins that go into the leaf and mount by 10mm. the thing is that all the mounting positions are different for the cable brackets, did you just redrill new holes?

[coln72]

easier to use the KE55 axels in the KE20 diff and to bolt the KE55 backing plates the the housing. Only mod is that you need to take a bees dick off the (spline) end of the axels. can't remember having any issues with handbrake cables.

 

Doesn't help you out much though...........:P

Edited August 26, 2007 by coln72

[Raven]

easier to use the KE55 axels in the KE20 diff and to bolt the KE55 backing plates the the housing. Only mod is that you need to take a bees dick off the (spline) end of the axels. can't remember having any issues with handbrake cables.

 

Doesn't help you out much though...........:P

 

Thats all well and good, but if you used a KE20 diff, it would be a Jap diff, yeah? Wouldnt that then require KE30 axles not KE55 axles as the Borg Warner axles are "supposedly" different and wont fit?

[coln72]

yeah probably, but you get the same result in the end don't you.

[jamesrolla]

the ke20 diff in my ke11 is a borgwarner, so you can use ke55 axles in that