Re: 4x4 front diff ?
From: "Eric Jungblom" <ericgj510@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: 4x4 front diff ?
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:17:55 -0700
The front diff is not upside down. Think about it. It is just turned 180
degrees so it is facing back instead of forward.
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Hedman"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: 4x4 front diff ?
> >abstract thought:
> >imagine taking a rear axle, spinning in the proper
> >direction, and then simply grab it by the driveline
> >and roll the whole assembly over 180 degrees.(rotating
> around the axle) now you have a front axle. -> the
> >front driveline in 4x4s spin the opposite direction as
> >the rear so that the gears in the axles are the same
> >(essentially, the front axle is in fact a rear axle
> >-driving backwards).
> >
> >thaddeus "abstract thought is cool"
>
> I guess that means the R-180 diff is upside down in the 4x4. There must be
a
> different cover or it gets flipped over so the drain plug is at the
bottom?
> Or am I missing something here?
> -Ted "sittin' on my R-180 typing this" Hedman
>
>
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