Re: RE: Locking Diffs

[erskine@brevard.net]

Thanks for setting me straight, makes a lot of sense.  Now I can see why 
you are able to drive around with the differential locked.  I still don't 
think it would be wise to drive with the front and rear locked as a normal 
habit.

>> PS I always thought my front differential was lockable that what the
>> switch 
>> and two indicator lights on my dash were telling me. At least I thought
>> so.
>> 
>.... no, if you think about it the car actually has three diffs.  The one 
in
>the center makes up for the differences in rotation between the front and
>back, and then there is one in front and one in the rear diff.  If your 
car
>has a pictorial diagram you can actually see that one light is located at
>the rear diff location and the other is at the back of the tranny (i.e. 
the
>center diff).  Remember that the transaxle unit actually has two
>differentials within it for a quattro ...
>
>HTH!
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)