> (Let's not do this for too long. Our hypothetical spider
> gears are going crazy. and we are eventually going to toast
> the differential.)
Many years ago I did exactly that, when my FWD Audi broke a half-shaft on a
long trip. Lacking funds or inclination to repair it properly, I fixed the
half-shaft so it couldn't turn and headed for home with the other shaft
driving the car. Talk about horrible torque steer !
But the extra 2:1 ratio made it get fantastic gas mileage; well over 40 mpg
on a car that usually got under 30. Until of course the pumpkin seized and
really tore things up.
Randall
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