busted rear diff - still drivable?
Submitted: Monday, Oct 13, 2003 at 22:11
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KG
I'm a little vague on diffs and 4wd operation... I think I know enough to be dangerous...
Yesterday we were up at Mt Mee when a mates bronco busted it's rear diff... we ended up pulling the tailshaft and pinion out of the rear diff and drove it
home locked in 4wheel drive (now front wheel drive)
It went ok until it came to go up a
hill - weight transfers to the rear and the fronts just spin... snatching that huge lump of ford uphill was a neck stretching experience. later that night we ended up back on the bitumen and limping our way back to
brisbane.
anyway.... it got me thinking about diff windup and diffs sending power to the spinning wheel and all sorts of things...
can someone pls put my mind to rest in relation to open centre diffs, closed centre diffs (what *is* a centre diff? the transfer case?) and why we didnt notice any diff windup on the bitumen when limping
home?
cheers,
KG.