<VV> VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 43, Issue 10

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Dan Timberlake
Westford, Massachusetts, USA



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From: levair at aol.com
Subject: <VV> Report from Corvair Olympix

After a few runs on the strip my Stinger had a strange groaning sound coming 
somewhere from the back ............ I jacked the Stinger up and checked the 
differential.
The posi was mechanically locked, No amount of effort would make the posi slip. 
It..................---any ideas about what's actually wrong?

Warren
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How low was the oil level in the diff?  What oil was in there?

I think they usually fail to excessive slipping, not seizure.  

If all was correct with oil type and quantity, and tire diameters weren't radically  mis-matched, when tearing it down I'd be wondering what would happen If it was assembled with clutches out of sequence so the holding power would be only about 1/4 of stock, and all the slipping would generate heat and punish just one interface