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From: "Brock Johnson" <brojohns@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: 4x4 front diff ? Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 02:29:11 EDTreverse.does it run in reverse when it is in the front of a vehicle or when it is in the rear? Are the gears straight cut so you can run it both ways or are they like a Chevy where they are cut so they are stronger in forward than reverse? so if they are cut to run forward then a diff made for the front of a truck would be essentially weaker if run in the rear not to mention more noisy. Brock >From: "Eric Jungblom" 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 > > > >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 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. List rules and instructions are available at: http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain permission from the author before redistributing messages.