Diff oil myth

[bcw61]

thicker oil will make the spider gears harder to turn and could quite possibly make the diff twin more but will suck a fair amount of extra hp out the engine and lower economy

Why? If the vehicle is traveling normally without a lot of hard turns, then the actual 'differential' action will be minimal. I don't see how this would require extra hp or affect fuel economy much, as the 'spider' (side) gears would be carrying out a minimum of differential action.

You could compare it to the pre-load on the side gears - with the cones, in a limited slip differential - and I haven't heard a lot of adverse fuel economy issues with them.

 

[Deuce]

Why?

The diff crown wheel has to spin through a bath of oil (for lubrication) that sits half full in your diff housing. thicker oil = harder to move through

run 50metre's, and then run 50 metre's in a swimming pool . . . . .

 

[petern64]

Yup , a bad trip could be had ! road trip that is ,,,

 

[XUV]

does it still turn corners o.k. or does one side skip now?

and I tried the welding thing, and wow , it grips so much it stalls the engine

 

[Deuce]

I tried the welding thing, and wow , it grips so much it stalls the engine

WOW! that is special!! :clap:

 

[petern64]

your using the wrong mig wire , try the organic gas less one

 

[WazzaVN]

does it still turn corners o.k. or does one side skip now?

and I tried the welding thing, and wow , it grips so much it stalls the engine

Trutracks are for girls.

Real man LOCKS his diff.

 

[EYY]

New kind of immobiliser?