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Re: Quaife Gear oil

To: bownes@web9.com, fot@autox.team.net (FOT), Spitlist@gte.net
Subject: Re: Quaife Gear oil
From: GuyotLeonF@aol.com
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 20:15:25 EST
In a message dated 22/02/01 00:26:13 GMT Standard Time, bownes@web9.com
writes:

> It all depends on the type of LSD. Quaiffes, being aftermarket by
> nature, are used to telling folks what to run in the diff after putting
> in a quaiffe. (e.g. whatever you were supposed to put in there before)
>
> Special LSD lube/additive is generally used in clutch pack type diffs
> ala GM Positraction or the diff in the 1985 RX-7 GSL-SE.
>
> So, if it's original, use what the manufact tells you to use, if it's
> aftermarket, use what the guy who built the most expensive parts tells
> you to use...:-}
>
> Bob
>
> I concur, that sound like sage advice from Bob.
> Thanks

Lion

(Running Castrol EP90 GL4 gear oil with his last Quaife 3.89 LSD (in his old
Herald still), and with his present Quaife 3.63 LSD (in his Vitesse)...I only
used the 'special' LSD oil for a short while, in the Herald, until John
Kipping told me it was a waste of money).

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1963 Triumph Vitesse 2-Litre Convertible (Diva)
1988 Volkswagen 1600GT Scirroco Coupe (Driver)
Wimbledon, London, England.

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