Torsen question

[Henry A Harper III]

Unless your V8 has a manual transmission, it does not have a torsen center
diff but rather a multiplate clutchpack run off the auto trans and told
what to do by the ABS sensors. Does your ABS work OK? (see
http://www.audiworld.com/model/historical/90/v8.shtml)

HTH
Henry Harper
http://www.henry-harper.com hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 116k
1988 GTI 16v, 233k

On Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:49 PM, Zsolt
[SMTP:zsolt1 at telusplanet.net] wrote:
> Looks like my torsen is locking up on my 90 V8.
>
> The car is rubbing the tires on tight turns, and even at higher speeds
> it feels like it doesn't want to turn. It makes a humming sound as well.
> Also, there is a major clunk when I turn the wheel and back, which does
> not seem to be front end related.
>
> Two different places where we were trying to find the source were
> wondering if it was the tranny mount that is moving due to the locked
> differential.
>
> Any ideas? Can the torsen be repaired if it is the culprit? Is it
> expensive? (I think this was a rhetorical question)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>   Zsolt
>