It is official. T1 Torsen diff's are weak.

[tekdeus]

Took the chance running a JDM Torsen diff for a few months, since they give much better traction than a clutch type LSD, but it is now toast. It went out in a strange way too. It developed a lot of slack over the course of a day, causing lots of driveline bouncing and surging. I had the car up on jackstands checking for loose tranny mounts or a broken subframe. With the engine revved and one quick pop of the clutch with the wheels in the air broke it, confirming my suspision.

With daily RWHP around 350-370, this is pretty weak. Never did any burnouts.

Before I bolt my stock LSD back in, should I beef up the clutch packs? I'm sick of swapping this shit in and out!

 

[Clip]

hm...strange indeed. is it possible to just have gotten a bad one?

 

[Figit090]

you put the correct fluid in there right?

lol...i dont know crap about diff life but one dying that fast seems lame...and since it was new i could see the slim possiblity of not filling it with lube on accident.....maybe

 

[tekdeus]

I checked the lube and it's still full. It's just a different design than the US diffs and breaks more easily.

 

[MDCmotorsports]

No. Torsens are indeed crap piles o sh!t.

Ask Nick with the 2j in Cali, or DR Jonez.

 

[IJ.]

Running one with 450+ for many 1000's of hard miles with the only failure being a toasted pinion bearing during a high speed run (had a cluth LSD fail in the exact same way)

The T1 Torsen WON'T take high shock loads so maybe that's the difference!

 

[tekdeus]

Are you running a JDM T1?

Running one with 450+ for many 1000's of hard miles with the only failure being a toasted pinion bearing during a high speed run (had a cluth LSD fail in the exact same way)

The T1 Torsen WON'T take high shock loads so maybe that's the difference!

 

[IJ.]

Yes I was on the last build, I have my 9" finished and am using a Detroit TruTrac in it this time.

 

[tekdeus]

Is your diff conversion in your build thread? How would I go about finding it? Thanks IJ

Yes I was on the last build, I have my 9" finished and am using a Detroit TruTrac in it this time.

 

[IJ.]

Tek: Last page of my pics thread has a bunch of the 9" photos!

 

[drjonez]

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