Torsen w/o prop shaft

[Paul Caouette]

I hope you try to move it.....my logic says since the torson would consider
the shaft spinning as "no traction" to the rear it would transfer torque to
the front....

paul from my droid
On Jul 27, 2011 9:13 PM, "Dave" <dave.eaton at clear.net.nz> wrote:
> nope - won't move a foot. the torsen diverts torque from the output shaft
> with the least traction to the one with the most. in your case as this
> shaft has 0, nada, traction, there is none to apportion. so no movement.
> the torsen is very like a lsd in this regard.
>
> propshaft out, you need to tow it. flatbed highly desirable.
>
>
> Dave
> '08 rs6 avant
> '04 allroad tdi
>
> On 28/07/11 1:08 PM, "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:18:46 -0400
>>From: "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
>>
>>I've got the prop shaft out of my A8q. How does a Torsen car behave
>>without it? I'm planning to move the car a couple hundred feet into a
>>different parking space, but was wondering about driving it ~20 miles
>>home.
>>
>>-Cody
>>
>
>
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