Tom,
Regarding lubricant.......any reputable gear oil (fossil or synthetic) and
Pro-blend's PN 8398 Pro Tuff gear lube applied per instructions will lower
heat levels and make the gears live longer. My gear teeth look a lot
smoother than when I put them in the carrier.
Skip
At 04:22 AM 1/31/2006 -0800, tom sarda wrote:
>List,
>
>Thanks for the responses. Here's the racing deal. I
>have taken your input and coupled with a few phone
>calls the consensus is that the Gleason-Torsen type
>(Detroit tru-Trax) or, worm gear differential is the
>proper application. I found myself just plain locked
>up when I was told the carrier was aluminum. Dave was
>on target I think when he asked, "What were they
>thinking?".
>(Anyway, In the early eighties, Paul Newman campaigned
>a road race Nissan with the Gleason-Torsen diff and
>was successful.)
> Now I'm in conversations with all type of race people
>and race shops concerning lubricants. I'm hearing the
>petroleum base rather than synthetic "is all you
>need". The synthetics can put a glaze on surfaces of
>gears where load occurs. Any thoughts? Is the glaze a
>bad thing?
>Thanks for your time.
> Tom
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