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Old 04-03-2022, 10:27 PM
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bertrandsv87
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Calm down guys....The traditional way of building ball diffs will not allow you to build a ball diff as tight as a gear diff with thick fluid in it, but if you add sticky silicone fluid(ofna diff lock lube or rodent glue) to the available surfaces, other than where the steel balls ride, you can get near spool stiffness with alot of experimenting without any guarantee of consistency or repeatable performance...The sticky fluid needs to contact the ring gear and both diff outdrives with alot of pressure to slow down the speed differences among the three enough to help stop the ball diff from slipping or diffing out when a wheel goes up in the air...It is not easy to get the mouse trap glue in the ball diff exactly where it needs to be...Gear diffs are much less of a pain and will not slip...

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