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Subject: | Re: How stuff works -> Differentials |
From: | "Peter Logan" <logan@pt.lu> |
Date: | Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:42:43 +0100 |
Just in passing, this characteristic also allows owners of disc braked cars to raise one corner, remove the wheel, start the car, put in gear and let go, thus transforming the car into a sort of DIY lathe, and allowing the courageous owner to skim the disc flat again. They don't call me crazy for nothing :-) Pete Logan > >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. |
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