Anti-Spin Differential Rear Axle Question
#11
Agreed! Does yours spin both wheels in the same direction when you jack it up? What I’m wondering is if that’s a reliable way to tell if its worn out.
#12
#13
If you had the transmission in Park when you did it there should have been quite a breakaway force required to spin the wheels in opposite directions if it was tested that way. If the transmission could freewheel then both wheels should have turned the same direction.
#14
#16
- I jacked up the jeep both rear tires off the ground with the transmission in park. The tires spin opposite direction.
- Shifting the transmission into neutral only the tire I am am spinning moves. The other tire barely moves if at all.
- Following the procedure in the OEM shop manual (picture above) I read less than 10 ft.lbs. I was able to rent an axle puller from a parts store and just inserted a bolt into the center (ACE Hardware, photos below).
Thanks for the help guys and I hope someone else finds this useful.
Chuck
#17
There must have been a lot of single wheel wheelspin to screw those plates so quick. Unfortunately a LSD is not a locker and does act in the same manner as an open diff with some degree of power division between the two wheels. If you fix it, unless you are budget constrained, then my advice is to install a Detroit Tru Trac or an e-locker. Tru Trac is simply an LSD that never wears out. One guy in our group has a Safari Unlimited and he installed Tru Tracs front and rear with 35 tires and 4.88 gears and he goes where the Rubicons go without issues.
#18
There must have been a lot of single wheel wheelspin to screw those plates so quick. Unfortunately a LSD is not a locker and does act in the same manner as an open diff with some degree of power division between the two wheels. If you fix it, unless you are budget constrained, then my advice is to install a Detroit Tru Trac or an e-locker. Tru Trac is simply an LSD that never wears out. One guy in our group has a Safari Unlimited and he installed Tru Tracs front and rear with 35 tires and 4.88 gears and he goes where the Rubicons go without issues.
I am really curious how many miles others are getting out of these plates?
#19
#20
I agree with both statements. I’m sure it depends on so many factors that a expected mileage is hard to pinpoint (and why I had a hard time finding one).