Help me identify a torsen
 

Hey guys, i have the opportunity to buy this diff for 250, and i'm pretty sure it is a torsen, but it appears to be missing half of the helical gears. Can someone confirm that there are missing parts and that is a torsen? I also have pictures straight through the axle, with no bar. Would it be worth 250 to pick this up, or is it worthless because its missing parts?

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1319746734

Thanks

It looks like a Torsen with missing parts. Because of the missing parts, I'd pass on it.

Looks like an open diff to me.

$250 for a broken diff? Pass,

looks like an open diff to me too.

Open

100% is a torsen. It's an incomplete one though. Don't buy it. There's a reason it's taken apart and whatever that reason is, it is not worth $250 to find out.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

From every picture I've looked at to compare it I'm pretty sure it is a torsen with gears missing from that bar in the picture. Like I said in the original post, I have several pictures straight through where the axles go, and theres no bar which indicates torsen. But I'm going to pass on it, I don't have the time or money to deal with trying to put a torsen back together.

go look at a picture of a T1 torsen.

Having fucked with the '07 FSAE car's T1-based diff as much as I did back in the day, I actually do know what I'm talking about. :rofl:

I thought that bar indicated that it wasn't a Torsen.
http://www.miata.net/garage/vlsd.html

either way, this is not worth it. Torsen+missing parts or just an open diff. doesn't fuckin matter, its not $250 worth of your money thats for sure.

http://www.torsen.com/products/T-1.htm

T1 torsens have 6 shafts actually. Each shaft has a combined helical/spur gear on it. The OP's diff is missing one of those helical/spur gears and that's why you can see one of the shafts.

It's definitely a T1 torsen but it's missing at least one of its worm gears.
The blue arrow points to the missing piece.
It's not worth it.

makes perfect sense! Thanks for identifying.