I finally dug out the 4.10 LSD I have laying around and did a proper breakaway torque test per the instructions all over the place. What I can't figure out is if my implementation is focked, or if this LSD just has new/hardly used clutches.
Here is the top down view.
The input shaft is held in place, and one output on the [picture view] right is held in place. I will then put a torque wrench to the left side and keep upping the torque on my wrench until it slips instead of my torque wrench clicking.
Another angle.
So, the torque wrench is going to apply a twisting action to the socket, and the socket to the vice grips. Because the socket is off center towards the wrench, my guess would be that when the wrench experiences 90 ft/lbs, that the center is actually experiencing more (an even longer arm). But perhaps my thinking is off. I am rather tired.
Help? Isn't 90 ft/lbs high, even for a new low milage LSD?
And for anyone interested in the components used in that MacGyver scenerio, here they are.
Here is the top down view.
The input shaft is held in place, and one output on the [picture view] right is held in place. I will then put a torque wrench to the left side and keep upping the torque on my wrench until it slips instead of my torque wrench clicking.
Another angle.
So, the torque wrench is going to apply a twisting action to the socket, and the socket to the vice grips. Because the socket is off center towards the wrench, my guess would be that when the wrench experiences 90 ft/lbs, that the center is actually experiencing more (an even longer arm). But perhaps my thinking is off. I am rather tired.
Help? Isn't 90 ft/lbs high, even for a new low milage LSD?
And for anyone interested in the components used in that MacGyver scenerio, here they are.
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