Re: Explanation of a how Torsen diff works...

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Jeffrey J. Goggin wrote:

> Unfortunately, most of the "tuning" you refer to has to be done during the
> original design stage ... the only tuning that is available after it's been
> built has to do with changing the drive v. coast characteristics and other
> minor characteristics.  That's not to say that tweaking it won't prove
> beneficial, though...

Its not quite that bad.   You can change its "strength" quite a bit by 
altering the amount of friction in the thrust bearings of the output 
gears.   If this isn't enough, then you are right, you have to change the 
angle of the helix on the worm gears and thats a pretty major machining job.

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