Torsen question

[Zsolt]

Thanks Henry,
I did not realize that. My car is an auto, and no the ABS doesn't work.
  Zsolt

Henry A Harper III wrote:

>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)
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>HTH
>Henry Harper
>http://www.henry-harper.com hah at alumni.rice.edu
>1991 200 quattro, 116k
>1988 GTI 16v, 233k
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>On Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:49 PM, Zsolt
>[SMTP:zsolt1 at telusplanet.net] wrote:
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>>Looks like my torsen is locking up on my 90 V8.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Any ideas? Can the torsen be repaired if it is the culprit? Is it
>>expensive? (I think this was a rhetorical question)
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>>Thanks in advance,
>>  Zsolt
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