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Quaife & friction Posted by Kevin K [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: like the lsd?, sean, Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:05:27 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
AKA Gleason, Torsen ...
strait ahead, torque passes from the perifieral gears (bound in the carrier pockets) to the side gears. perifierals are not on shafts or bearings, but located in snug pockets in the carrier, and are pushed out with normal balanced torque present. Friction contact at the OD of the perifieral gears resists rotation, so both wheels want to keep spinning together.
cornering, the periferal gears must spin in the carrier pockets now. Traction on both sides means equal torque ... so same high frictional load is present at periferal od's ... mabe a little less due to dynamic friction. IF, a wheel starts to brake loose, then unequal torque is at wheels, and periferals develop an additional friction load due to new axial thrust developing ... pushes them against end of housing.
Bottom line is if you try to accelerate thru a corner, wheels prefer to be at same torque as a first preference, and would be even happier at the same speed .... thus the push on wet roads.
When I changed redline out of diff and g-box after 4 track events, g-box oil was as new, diff oil was burned black.
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