Limit straps

["Storhok, Eric (E.M.)" <estorhok@domain.elided>]

George, Scott....
I, too, have played with my limit straps to try to fix a right wheel
traction problem under hard cornering...  Even removed it.  Nothing has
worked to date...  Oh, well.  Need to find other who want a real Quaife LSD.

But I digress.

George, I think the main reason that you don't have a traction problem is
your panhard rod.  If you do a free body diagram of the axle under corer
loads, you'll figure out that the trunion arm actually puts a moment on the
axle that may help lift which ever tire is on the inside.  Add the engine
torque, and the asymmetric loading of a driver, and the inside right wheel
will lift.

George's panhard rod actually tries to rotate the axle the other direction!
So its a really good way to fix a traction problem.

Eric Storhok
Core Emissions and Fuel Economy Team
Advanced Powertrain Engineering
(313)33x75011
MD 35, FPC-B
Ford Motor Company
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