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Old 24-02-2010, 03:53 PM
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Karlos G
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Originally Posted by Tim
Hated it, mine was faster without it on a re jelled ford diff FACT if it lifts a wheel you loose all drive to the other wheel rubbish.
tim
Thats not right surely??
Originally Posted by Kevin_Mc
isn't that what an open diff does?!
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Originally Posted by Sunil_FiestaRS1800
Thats what i thought aswell.

I thought if one wheel loses traction with an ATB then the power is sent to the other wheel. This is why it can cause torque steer, and if say you hit a puddle with one wheel the car will suddenly tug youthe other way as one wheel suddenly gets all the power.
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Originally Posted by Rob_DOHC
Absolutely no load on one wheel will cause an atb to act like an open diff.

Rob,
Why?
Isnt that is the point of a LSD, if one wheel loses traction it tansfers the power to the other one until it regains traction, and balances back and forth between the two as needed...

I'll let you know soon Rob as i have one in my new gearbox but have not driven it yet!!