Originally Posted by
racer1812
Club Joe to Pro, who runs a gear diff on anything other than high bite carpet or Astro.....NOT MANY, for a reason.
Less maintenance? Between fluid degradation and the fact that I've NEVER seen a gear diff NOT leak, you're in our diff more than I am if you want to maintain performance. Not to mention that to change diff settings, I can easily do that on my diff once broken in. You get to dig into that slimy mess..once you pull the tranny.
Gear diffs have there place, super high bite carpet/Astro. Other than that, I'll pass..IMO
I don't get the thinking that a gear diff only works on high bite . Which is not true they work more than fine on Med traction clay just run the right diff weight . There is some guys i race with run a gear diff in a 2wd on clay .
Now yes they do leak a little though . The main reason I think why guys run the ball diff is just for easyier adjustment .