Well i was well on my way to grabbin one of these lsd's but i have been hearing that people axles are almost impossible to get out once they are in the obx diff.
Anyone with any kind of aftermarket lsd with any input, are they all like this, or would it most likely be faulty install?
Anyone with an OBX ever have problems getting axles out?

 

never had any problems wit hthe obx lsd so far that is. axles slide out just fine i am not sure where you heard peoples axles getting stuck but its probably mis install

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1158172
Problems like that

 

And like this

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1196320

 

It has to do with the quality of heat treating between the OBX copy and Quaife original. Splines will twist in the OBX but are bullet proof in the Quaife. One of several quality differences I noticed in taking apart the OBX for comparison.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b18bturbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">never had any problems wit hthe obx lsd so far that is. axles slide out just fine i am not sure where you heard peoples axles getting stuck but its probably mis install </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm sure you heard something, but your not going to say anything so you can keep the sales of your LSD's going.

 

As much as we would only use Quaife LSDs in our builds. there have been times that we'd had problems with axles coming out of the Quaife LSDs as well. So its not just because of quality of the OBX.

it seems to only happen in the SOHC diffs. Are you guys with the Axles getting stuck using B or D series OBX diff?

 

I have had problems getting axles out of Quaifes also but it was always the axle twisting, not the Quaife.

 

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He is just supporting his product, just like earl is supporting his since he is a quaife distributor/dealer, its something u just gotta do, its buisness.
But anyway... anyone with an obx lsd that isn't having problems getitn axles out???
to even get more exact a B series cable tranny. anyone having problems?

 

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it seems to only happen in the SOHC diffs. Are you guys with the Axles getting stuck using B or D series OBX diff?</TD></TR></TABLE>

The guy that I was talking to had a B series tranny

 

the d sereis sohc i have seen 1 get stuck but that was not installed correctly axle was not in all the way and it broke but that was one one unit other wise gsr and b16ls been going strong for while

The d sereis part number supposedly is for a 92-00 tranmission but guys are using it with there 90-91 tranmissions.

Do you guys know if the axle spline are different from 90-91 compared to the 96-00up I know quite a few 96-00 setups working just right

 

the other issue if you are using a obx B sereis cable it was never designed for it. OBX doesnt make a diff for a cable tranny as of now it might claim to work but its meant for 94-01 integra bsereis ls and b16a 99-00si you can call and even talk to the obx guys they will say the same

 

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He is just supporting his product, just like earl is supporting his since he is a quaife distributor/dealer, its something u just gotta do, its buisness.
</TD></TR></TABLE>I am getting sick of being accused of supporting the Quaife over the OBX. I spent the money to buy an OBX to tear it apart and reported what I actually saw. The thread magically disappeared. The thread was not biased but was fairly positive toward the OBX. The OBX has not affected my Quaife sales by one dollar. The people who buy OBX's never would spend the $$ for a Quaife anyway. Those people that want the best, buy the Quaife and pay the toll.

 

interesting it got deleted...that was a good write-up....you should check into that

maybe obx paid one of the admin or something, or hacked in

 

never saw the write up... so does Quaife have an lsd for cable tranny's?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by earl &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It has to do with the quality of heat treating between the OBX copy and Quaife original. Splines will twist in the OBX but are bullet proof in the Quaife. One of several quality differences I noticed in taking apart the OBX for comparison.</TD></TR></TABLE>

its funny you say this.. how do you explain me putting 12,000 miles on mine and over 100 launch's (about 40 to 50 where at 550 whp and the rest at 700+ whp)? and if people think Iam just backing it up for sales..guess what..I DONT SELL THEM!! I tryed it due to price and it works the SAME as my buddys quaife and has no problems..yeah quaife may be good..but it doesnt mean everything else is ****...

BTW like I told you in your thread that vanished..I will buy that obx off of you...

 

So how many out of all the obx lsd users are getting stuck?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99Hybrid_Hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how do you explain me putting 12,000 miles on mine and over 100 launch's (about 40 to 50 where at 550 whp and the rest at 700+ whp)? and if people think Iam just backing it up for sales..guess what..I DONT SELL THEM!! I tryed it due to price and it works the SAME as my buddys quaife and has no problems</TD></TR></TABLE>If you can do 50+ launches at 700 whp and not break anything, you are already a god in my eyes. Everything you own must turn bullet proof. That is my only explanation.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99Hybrid_Hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">BTW like I told you in your thread that vanished..I will buy that obx off of you...</TD></TR></TABLE>I gave the OBX to Quaife. It is probably still in pieces in a box somewhere. They sent it to the lab for hardness testing for me. If I can find all the parts, I will give it to you.

 

no problems with mine yet, it is in a 1995 GSR Trans and has made it threw some pretty harsh launches on slicks with my Turbo LS. also i read your thread earl and i checked over the LSD very well before installing it and i didnt encounter any of the "problems" you did, maybe i just got a lucky one but ill be holding onto my obd lsd until it does me some damage to the wallet. but it was a good write-up if it wasnt biased

 

I had so far 2 axles getting stuck in side my LSD, I am now upgrading the LSD

 

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vss based boost and not dumping the clutch help alot..also I did break 3 stock axles due to a bad upper control arm..so no god for me..


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by earl &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I gave the OBX to Quaife. It is probably still in pieces in a box somewhere. They sent it to the lab for hardness testing for me. If I can find all the parts, I will give it to you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

now that sounds great..let me know..

 

Heh..

Just to add to the conspiracy..

So you a large retailer for quaife sent the obx clone to the cloned company quaife to do testing to tell you how it compaird to there pride an joy?

Just bustin' your chops...

 

I don't even have a car to use the OBX lsd on and I still thought earl's write up was awesome...he broke it down nice and was entirely fair about the product. The only things questionable about it were the quality of assembly and materials used. I mean damn he even pointed out the potential faults to look for...forget for even one second that he sells Quaifes and you'll realize he was just giving everyone a simple heads-up on a questionable product. Like he said, anyone looking to buy the OBX would probably never buy the Quaife anyway; the damn thing is less than half the price!! I'm sorry to post all this here but the fact that the thread was deleted has been brought up many times recently, and it was an awesome resource.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheHooded_Mike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> only things questionable about it were the quality of assembly and materials used. </TD></TR></TABLE>

your really not to bright are you? the 2 things u listed pretty much make up everything on the assembly line. Parts, and people putting those parts on. I mean sure he cant complain about the price (because they made a LSD that works for 1/2 the price his are). The little comment "anybody who would buy an obx would never buy a quaife" thing is getting a little old and is a crock of ****. My friend who has a qauife is buying an OBX after he saw that mine held up, and he is putting it in his backup transmission. I think he realized it was a good investment after he spent 800 on the first one

 

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your really not to bright are you? the 2 things u listed pretty much make up everything on the assembly line. Parts, and people putting those parts on. I mean sure he cant complain about the price (because they made a LSD that works for 1/2 the price his are). The little comment "anybody who would buy an obx would never buy a quaife" thing is getting a little old and is a crock of ****. My friend who has a qauife is buying an OBX after he saw that mine held up, and he is putting it in his backup transmission. I think he realized it was a good investment after he spent 800 on the first one </TD></TR></TABLE>

Okay...first, my point about the materials is that the OBX is could be of lesser quality than the Quaife, but still acceptable by most standards...and the assembly of the OBX is also questionable (earl showed all of this in his post). When you buy a part this intricate that's pieced together by a manufacturer with questionable quality control, you should be somewhat worried...your friend was. When you spend half as much on a product that is an exact copy of the original expect it to be "cheaper" in more ways than one.