override 15mph diff-lock-off?
Stephen Gutierrez
resops at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 7 09:14:28 EST 2001
I was doing research on this and if you keep your rear
diff locked after 15 mph you just might mess up the
torsen diff.. the torsen is not suppose to be unable
to transfer power... This is why audi made the rear
locks the way they did... you might want to buy a
4000 or a 5000
--- isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk,
quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I would think it could be harmful on
> pavement at
> > hi speeds or for extended periods. And I
> *suppose* if
> > you really got on the stupid pedal around a tight
> > corner there's the risk of snapping an axleshaft
> (or
> > is driveshaft the correct term here, or
> halfshaft?),
> > at least in theory.
>
> The tyres will scrub _long_ before you do any
> physical damage.
>
> --
> Phil Payne
> http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro
> Phone +44 7785 302803 Fax: +44 7785 309674
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