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RE: TR6 Limited Slip Differentials

To: "'Philip E. Barnes'" <peb3@cornell.edu>
Subject: RE: TR6 Limited Slip Differentials
From: "Ricker, Brian R." <rickerbr@Maritz.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:53:38 -0600 charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "'Triumphs List'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
> you said:
>  "Along this line an even cheaper alternative is to weld the 
> differential
> (my dad did this on his ITB Rabbit)."
> 
> I'd try to stay away from welded diffs if at all possible. They can be
> alternately scary, annoying and broken. They lead to some 
> strange handling
> on asphalt and in tight turns are easily broken, since the wheels MUST
> rotate at different rates when going around a corner. Your 
> father's Rabbit
> must be a real handful to steer. I have used them on rally 
> cars used on
> gravel and they usually get broken and tear up everything in 
> the pumpkin.

It is an odd sensation to drive it and it's not a road car (nor would
I even recomend welding for that), but I would think that a locker would
have some odd handling characteristics as well (esp. given the quirkiness of
Triumph
IRS in the first place).


> 
> 
> Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
> Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
> '71 TR6  CC61193L (21 year owner)
> 
> If you want to leave footprints in the sands of time, wear work boots.
> 
> 

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