<VV> Re: Positraction

[Bill Elliott]

My comment was a bit "tongue in cheek"... we had a busted diff in an 
otherwise perfect Stinger at the Yenko 40th this summer... but in some 
other marques they run fully welded (locked) diffs... which look like a 
posi when you're spinning the wheels like I suggested...

The easiest way to make sure a diff isn't busted is to see if it drives 
correctly... a broken diff will make itself known very quickly.

The other way is to override the posi clutches... if you lock one wheel 
to the ground and turn the other with about 100 ft/lbs (easier said than 
done) then you replicate the car turning a tight corner. The posi clutch 
packs should slip and allow you to turn the wheel with the other 
stationary. A busted (or locked) diff doesn't.

Sounds like your car is normal with a posi...especially if your rear 
brakes are adjusted correctly giving you just a very slight drag... 
you're turning a lot of stuff as well.

Bill

Ray Rodriguez wrote:

>Bill wrote:
>
><If the other wheel turns in the 
><same direction, it's likely a posi (or a busted diff!) ;-)
>
>How do you know if a diff is busted?  When I checked my car for posi a couple of weeks ago both wheels turned the same way when in neutral, but the wheels were hard to turn and my friend was concerned that there was no "play".  It seemed fine to me for posi, but its been years since I hand rotated one.
>
>
>Ray Rodriguez
>CORSA member
>65' Corsa coupe 140/4spd
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