1.8 torsen diff
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You can lunch one pretty easily if you're putting down a bunch of power and have wheel hops etc. At that point, you're probably already looking for different trans options so you have to figure something out anyway.
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Sneaky OBX
I had thought that I had a Torsen in my 3.6. And whatever it was, was clearly shagged. I separated the diff a few days ago, and what I found was a helical diff, but it looks like an OBX brand. The amount of slop suggests there can't be much left of the washers.
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I've got an OBX that I rebuilt. I bought it used and it had previously pulverized washers when I got it. After rebuilding it and reinstalling the sun / planet gears the correct way (they were installed backwards from the factory), it's worked flawlessly for me for the past 50K miles. There is a good chance that the sun or planet gears may have gotten chewed up in yours though depending how long / hard it was driven on up to this point though.
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Originally Posted by MetalMuffins
I've got an OBX that I rebuilt. I bought it used and it had previously pulverized washers when I got it. After rebuilding it and reinstalling the sun / planet gears the correct way (they were installed backwards from the factory), it's worked flawlessly for me for the past 50K miles. There is a good chance that the sun or planet gears may have gotten chewed up in yours though depending how long / hard it was driven on up to this point though.