RobCavendish
New Member
I've been studying my Borg Warner transfer box lately, mainly due to the fact that the VC unit has seized and broken numerous parts of the transmission; until that is, it was identified as the problem.
My question is this: Why has this transfer box got a differential in it at all? Why is the VC unit not driven directly by the morse chain, as the purpose of the diff, that is to divide the torque equally between the two props is effectively over ruled by the VC. This seems a stupid question on the face of it, but the more I think about it the less convinced I am that the diff has any purpose at all. Anyone have a simple explanation?
My question is this: Why has this transfer box got a differential in it at all? Why is the VC unit not driven directly by the morse chain, as the purpose of the diff, that is to divide the torque equally between the two props is effectively over ruled by the VC. This seems a stupid question on the face of it, but the more I think about it the less convinced I am that the diff has any purpose at all. Anyone have a simple explanation?