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Re: Non slip differentials for Mini

To: brian@uunet.ca, YCAPTAIN@aol.com
Subject: Re: Non slip differentials for Mini
From: "Mark Palmer" <mgvrmark@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:14:07 GMT
Quaife-type diff won't solve this fellow's problem.  If you lift a wheel 
with a Quaife, it spins just like an open diff.  THe Quaife requires SOME 
AMOUNT of torque at the less-loaded wheel in order to work.  Clutch-pack 
type (e.g. Salisbury, Dana) do not have this problem.  I can't comment on 
other aspects for a front-drive car, but I highly recommend clutch-pack type 
for rear-drive -- progressive, fun, controllable, no vices.

Mark Palmer


>From: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
>Reply-To: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
>To: YCAPTAIN@aol.com
>CC: vintage-race@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Non slip differentials for Mini
>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:03:14 -0400
>
>Cam and pawl type diffs tend to be pretty aggressive, hard to drive and
>wear out fast.  The traditional (read what they used in the old days) is
>the Salisbury clutch type diff.  It has the advantage of being rebuildable
>and adjustable to different degrees of slip, but it's not a locking diff,
>it limits slip.  The modern choice would seem to be the Quaife type, with
>all the gears - it seems to be a torque sensing and distributing deal, but
>it wasn't around in the old days although a similar concept diff was
>invented in the 50"s I think, I have no idea about wear, and so on.
>
>Brian
>
>
>
>At 09:20 PM 10/28/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello All
> >I have a lot of wheel spin in the corners with my Mini when the inside 
>wheel
> >lifts and am thinking of buying a Non slip diff to help correct the 
>probelm.
> >I would like to hear the pros and cons of adding the NSD from those with
> >experence.
> >Thanks
> >David
>
>Brian Evans
>Director, Global Sales
>UUNET, An MCI WorldCom Company
>


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