1-3 gears I'm all over the place!

[tiAn@usiw.net (Christian Els)]

This is what Honda does in their cars, at least on the Accord/Prelude
chassis. Works pretty well for controlling torque-steer, at least in the
couple of Prelude Si's we've owned.

The mechanics are pretty straight forward, the hardest part is fabbing up
the "extender" shaft. Hmm, would a Swedish pump work for that - er,
nevermind. I would want to either support it with another bearing or at
least balance the extension to keep the wobbles out.

Cheers,


Christian Els
Columbia, MO
1987 Scirocco 16V, For Sale
www.schnellpc.com/scirocco.htm



----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
To: "Mardak" <maardak@yahoo.ca>; "Dan Kraus" <dirtbike@warwick.net>;
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, 04 March, 2002 21:10
Subject: Re: 1-3 gears I'm all over the place!


> Mark-
>   Your solution sounds interesting.  And it should work as long as the
> "short, intermediate shaft" is about 2" in diameter, with at least
> eighth-inch wall thickness.  In other words, it cannot twist/torque or all
> your work will be for naught.
>
> Larry  sandiego16V
>
>
> I've been thinking of fabricating up a short "straight"
> > intermediate shaft for the passenger side, which couples to a second
> > driver side half shaft.  That way both axles will be the same length,
> > and should (?) eliminate most of the torque steer felt in a high HP
> > front driver
>
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