Re: Limited slip differential (LSD)

["Alan W. Presley" <awpresley@earthlink.net>]

Man, listen to him talking about buying LSD, OVER THE NET!!!!

shame, shame...  ;)

The T181 and T3 used the same tranny (at least on the early T-3's, how
about late?). They are a bolt in exchange nosecone and all, with the
exception of the Thing swingaxle, reduction-boxed unit.

Theory says it should work.

NEW T181 Limited Slip Diffs?  

ha.

Used is all I know of, IF you can find it.

Big "sorry to burst your bubble" Al

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Toby Erkson wrote:
> 
> I have no need to buy a T181 tranny since my T3 is a custom built unit,
> so...  Can I just pop in a T181 LSD into my T3?  The nose cone is for
> shifting, not controlling differential slip, so I don't see how it concerns
> me (unless I install a complete T181 tranny, of course).  Also, what is the
> mechanism that the T181 LSD uses to control slip (there are two ways that
> I've heard of, maybe more?) and can they still be purchased?
> 
>      Toby Erkson
>      air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
>      '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
>      '75 Porsche 914 1.8L for sale
>      Portland, Oregon, USA
> 
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> Date:    4/30/97 11:21 AM
> 
> The Thing did have the OPTION for a limited slip diff.
> 
> But not ALL of them had it.  If you find one, make sure it's from a
> NON-reduction-boxed Thing and you can use it... WITH the nose cone.
> 
> A reduction-boxed Thing has the same reduction boxes as a bus, so to use
> it there will have to be the same gear switching as you do to use a bus
> tranny in a bus with the reduction boxes removed.
> 
> confused yet?
> 
> Big AL
> awpresley@earthlink.net