Testing a posi
03-06-2007, 09:00 AM
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Testing a posi I picked up a new 10 bolt for my car and it is REALLY clean. It came out of a low mileage 96 LT1 M6 car. I took of the cover and it is apparent that it had the factory gasket and there were ZERO metal shavings along with very clean oil. I was very pleased with the condition of the rear but I went to check the posi by turning the yoke by hand and it spins both wheels, but it is turning them in opposite directions. Is this normal? I thought it would spin them both in the same direction, but it doesn't make sense that such a clean low mileage rear would look great but have a toasted posi.
03-06-2007, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by alamantia
well.. you had the inspection cover off right and you know kind of posi it is. So if its a torsen your all good
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03-06-2007, 03:24 PM
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Looks like I have a Torsen then, mine looks like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Zexel...QQcmdZViewItem
Not like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-bo...QQcmdZViewItem
I definitely see gears when looking into the "window" and not springs. This rear must have come out of a 99 or up car then. I'm very pleased then because this rear is immaculate. Hopefully it lasts more than 1 year this time.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Zexel...QQcmdZViewItem
Not like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-bo...QQcmdZViewItem
I definitely see gears when looking into the "window" and not springs. This rear must have come out of a 99 or up car then. I'm very pleased then because this rear is immaculate. Hopefully it lasts more than 1 year this time.
03-06-2007, 10:19 PM
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I thought the same thing when I lifted mine on jacks to check the rear-end.
For the Torsen to work, i.e. to power both wheels, there has to be some torque on it to the "lock" the axles. When both wheels are off the ground this doesn 't happen because the axles are just free-wheeling. Its alittle complicated how it works but it does.
My hat goes off to the engineer who designed it thats for sure.
For the Torsen to work, i.e. to power both wheels, there has to be some torque on it to the "lock" the axles. When both wheels are off the ground this doesn 't happen because the axles are just free-wheeling. Its alittle complicated how it works but it does.
My hat goes off to the engineer who designed it thats for sure.
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Originally Posted by NU_BLUE
I thought the same thing when I lifted mine on jacks to check the rear-end.
For the Torsen to work, i.e. to power both wheels, there has to be some torque on it to the "lock" the axles. When both wheels are off the ground this doesn 't happen because the axles are just free-wheeling. Its alittle complicated how it works but it does.
My hat goes off to the engineer who designed it thats for sure.
For the Torsen to work, i.e. to power both wheels, there has to be some torque on it to the "lock" the axles. When both wheels are off the ground this doesn 't happen because the axles are just free-wheeling. Its alittle complicated how it works but it does.
My hat goes off to the engineer who designed it thats for sure.