WARNING: FREELANDER SPARES VCU's

[Diesel Do]

So if the vc slips as you said surely that implies its passing some power!?!?

 

[Chaser]

No it's slipping the other (wrong) direction, sapping power not providing actual drive.

Come back Austen, help me out here!

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

it is not, to my knowledge, directional.

 

[Diesel Do]

it is not, to my knowledge, directional.

That's what I reckon, as long as there's some slip it makes it sticky(technical term) so so drives

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

but it cant "drive" if the rear is turning faster than the front" .

 

[Chaser]

it is not, to my knowledge, directional.

agreed.

everyone seems to know and accept that an FL1s rear drive/wheels are slightly undergeared compared to the fronts so I can't see why they don't realise that that means no 'driving' force is being applied under normal conditions.

 

[crockett007]

But it's the friction from the heat produced as the liquid is agitated through slip that makes it 'stickier', if you like. Yes, there is a difference in rotational speed between the front and back wheels, the back wheels turning faster by a marginal percentage, and even if this small difference warms the liquid, its the temperature above a certain level that makes the liquid nearly solidify, not just the fact that it gets warm. Apparently, although I've not had a chance to experience this yet, but the vcu gets very hot when this happens.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

see the graphs

 

[crockett007]

see the graphs

Just love them graphs, dontcha..............

But they do explain the 'bite' point better, I must say.

 

[Diesel Do]

So on a rear drive car with a limited slip, are both where's driven? When both going the same speed! Or does it drive one and the other just keeps up?

 

[Diesel Do]

So on a rear drive car with a limited slip, are both wheels driven? When both going the same speed! Or does it drive one and the other just keeps up?

oops edited

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

So on a rear drive car with a limited slip, are both where's driven? When both going the same speed! Or does it drive one and the other just keeps up?

different system. cant compare.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

Just love them graphs, dontcha..............

But they do explain the 'bite' point better, I must say.

no - i just get ****ed off with peeps not reading the mahoosive info thats on here - and trying to re-invent the wheel .




















which reminds me - whats the biggest tyres i can fit on my disco?

 

[Hippo]

48inch

Yer but no but a toffee filled vcu would be betterer than chocolate shirly?

 

[crockett007]

Limited slip diffs work in the opposite way, in which they put drive to the easiest route, that why in mud, one wheel spins like mad, and the other one doesn't. Weird I know.

 

[Mainwaring]

I reckon peanut butter would be a good filling for a VCU innit.

would have to be a non crunchy though

 

[crockett007]

no - i just get ****ed off with peeps not reading the mahoosive info thats on here - and trying to re-invent the wheel .

Trust me, MHM, this is nothing compared to the 'Plane on a conveyor' debate, as discussed on another site................. won't go into it

You could break it down into tiny little pieces, explain word for word, and you will still get a hundred different answers.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

dont make it rite

 

[crockett007]

dont make it rite

Very true..................

 

[jamesmartin]

no - i just get ****ed off with peeps not reading the mahoosive info thats on here - and trying to re-invent the wheel .


surely thats the purpose of a forum to discus stuff it be pretty boring without questions or discussions ,just a library,not all info on here is necessarily 100% correct