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Re: Positive Rear End On The Street?

To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Positive Rear End On The Street?
From: "bjshov8" <bjshov8@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:24:05 -0500
Are you talking about making it a locked rear end?  There are lots of ways 
to do this, from installing a spool to welding the spiders together.  I've 
had cars in the past with welded differentials, and from listening to the 
tires slip while turning the car slowly it seems that there is a lot of 
stress on the axle shafts.  If you have a car that will easily break the 
tires loose, then a locked differential probably doesn't matter.  If you 
have a low-horsepower car then I'm guessing a locked differential would put 
more stress in the axles than any other conditions.



> Making a rear positive by welding in wedges seems easy enough.
> Spridget chunks are cheap, too.
> Does anyone have experience running positive rears on the street?
> Could one expect fewer broken axle shafts with positive setups?
> Or, more broken axle shafts?
> Why?




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