Diff Question

[camel_landy]

OK... I've done a search but not turned up anything, so I thought I'd ask.

On my 4.2 Cerb, I recon I've got the Friction Diff and I just want to check that it is working properly. So, unlike a more conventional diff, is the friction diff effectively locked but just allows a little bit of slip when needed?

The reason I ask is that I've got the car up on a hoist at the moment, starting the job of getting the body off for the new outriggers, refurb, etc... While up there, I was rotating the rear wheels and mildly surprised to find that the wheel on the other side of the axle was rotating in the same direction. I tried turning them in opposite directions but couldn't...

Is this what you'd expect with the friction diff?

Cheers,

M

[tom_loughlin]

To the best of my knowledge, if you have a limited slip diff, when you turn one wheel, the other turns the same way, and with a standard open diff, the other wheel turns the opposite.

I may be completely wrong though...

[camel_landy]

It also sort of depends on the design of the LSD...

M