Actually, if you have a quaife and one axle breaks, the car will not go
at all. Ask me how I know this!!! :)
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall Young
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:14 PM
To: Nicholas Froome; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: How stuff works --> Differentials
> >Also BTW, a good junk yard test for a car with a limited slip diff is
to
> >turn one drive wheel by hand. If the other wheel turns the same
> direction,
> >it has a limited slip.
>
> Unless it's a Quaife diff. They don't do this
That's interesting, Nick, I didn't know that. Seems like that would
mean
that it would not provide torque to the stopped wheel if the other wheel
were completely unloaded ?
Looking at the diagram at
http://www.roadraceengineering.com/quaife.htm
seems like the center spring would provide enough drag between the
shafts to
make them turn the same direction ?
Randall
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