I suggest you ask about this on the MiataPower list. There's some serious gearheads there that may be able to better answer what's up with your torsen, and I *know* they'll be able to tell you if the images you sent are a torsen.
http://www.miatapower.net/ (P.S. I'm crossposting this there in case they have any ideas... Bill?) -----Original Message----- From: humpydum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 3/17/2008 2:31 PM To: Chad J. Douglas Cc: Miata mailing list Subject: Re: [Miata] is this a torsen? well, I guess i've posted this before but I will try to explain as good as possible If I turn hard to the right, 2 or 3th gear, I keep my foot at the accelerator, to keep a contant speed, I hear a sound comming from the left rear wheel. Last year, the wheel bearings got replaced but I still get the noise. There is no muffler vibrating next to anything and the brakes are fine too. I had this on the track in 2006 for the first time, in fast right turns. I can get the sound when I do a roundabout in ghost mode (wrong side of the road) - so you turn to the right instead of left. The sound is there when my tires are about to scream and lose tration. When I would drag the throttle, I would get some oversteer (so, I'm trying to tell you tht the noise occurs when I'm turning right, near the limits and the torsen might start to work) I had the noise on a friends website, but it's down. I didn't find it yet on my harddisk, weird. I didn't bring my car to a mazda dealer yet. I'm affraid their charges will be more than getting another diff. Op 17-mrt-08, om 19:20 heeft Chad J. Douglas het volgende geschreven: > > > I'm not sure, but it looks like one of the axles is still > installed. Torsens you can look all the way through, and an open > diff will have a bar that cuts across your view--but you still > should be able to see light through it. > > I'd ask the seller for better pictures of both sides and of the > mounting ears. > > What kind or noises is your torsen making? You might be able to > have the ring and pinion replaced at a gear shop and fix your own. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of humpydum > Sent: Mon 3/17/2008 1:00 PM > To: Miata mailing list > Subject: [Miata] is this a torsen? > > ello, > > Since my 1,8 BRG torsen has noises I won't trust, I was looking for > another torsen. > > Is this a torsen? Anyone? > > I read that a torsen has a hole, so you could look through it. But > this is so small? > > http://www.marktplaats.nl/index.php?url=http%3A//auto-diversen.marktplaats.nl/onderdelen-mazda/156064946-mx5-nb-diff-1-8.html > > Thx > > Stefan > > >
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