Autotech Quaife Differentials

[Ti Kan]

Hmm.  AFAIK Autotech has been a Quaife distributor for many years.
Perhaps that relationship has gone sour for some reason, but I can't
imagine someone making a "cheap knock off" of something as sophisticated
and precision as a Quaife, or for that matter any similarly gear-based
torque-biasing differential (like Torsen).  There has got to be more to
the story than that.  I wonder.

-Ti
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Alexander van Gerbig writes:
>     I queried Quaife on the availability of a limited slip differential for
> the 012 FWD tranny.  I was informed that they no longer make these as of '99
> because of on going litigation.  Since I'm nosey I had to ask what was going
> on.  The fellow informed me that there are companies using the Quaife name
> and selling cheap knock-off diffs.  The biggest distributor that I know of
> is Autotech in CA.  I mentioned that and sure enough that is the biggest
> perpetrator in this case.  Supposedly Autotech is not selling real Quaife
> diffs and when they fail Quaife will not honor any warranty.  Really odd,
> but last year I talked to a fellow out west that has a fried up Golf with an
> Autotech purchased Quaife diff and a 6 speed conversion.  He said he was
> pleased, but who knows how long they'll last?