Anatomy of a Quaife

[rmcdaniels]

I always wondered how my Quaife worked. Now I have a better idea. Here's the guts being reassembled after I took it apart. They used red Loctite on the bolts that hold it together, I'm guessing they really didn't want me in here:

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife1.JPG

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife2.JPG

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife3.JPG

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife4.JPG

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife5.JPG

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife6.JPG

http://s115271005.onlinehome.us/images/Quaife7.JPG



And if anyone observes that I didn't have the center section assembled properly in pics 4&5, I went back and fixed it later.

[Pang]

Nice, always wanted to see what it looks like inside one f those

[-=[Juztin]=-]

hmm looks simple enough, just wonder how the force actually looks up the diff and transfers power w/ those gears?

[myshtern]

I love your ratchet wrenches

[rmcdaniels]

=-']hmm looks simple enough, just wonder how the force actually looks up the diff and transfers power w/ those gears?
The middle piece has some disks in the middle of it that can push the middle gears out to either side. I think that is what controls the power distribution. I'd like to see the guts of a Honda LSD. The Quaife sales weasels say that theirs has more gears inside, which is why I should pay so much more for it, but it would be interesting to see if that's true.

[rmcdaniels]

I love your ratchet wrenches
My wife bought me those, I love them.

[monicle]

you arent going to be using this one now though right? nothing like rebuilding/assembling transmission parts on the blacktop.

[rmcdaniels]

you arent going to be using this one now though right? nothing like rebuilding/assembling transmission parts on the blacktop.
I cleaned it up before finally assembly. That was just to see how it went together. I had to take it apart to get all the big metal chunks out of it from something else that broke. Yeah, nothing like a bit of gravel in the tranny to smooth off all the rough edges.

[rmcdaniels]

I wasn't sure about the orientation of the spring washers, they fell out when I took it apart, so I guessed. I talked to the guy at Quaife today who repairs the diffs, and it turns out I guessed wrong. He was very helpful, so it looks like I'll be pulling it all apart again to re-orient the spring washers. A local shop saw the pics on another board and is wondering what the guts of their OBX diff looks like, so maybe I'll get to do a comparison.

[Robie]

Right on, now I know who to send my Quaife to for internal cleaning :)

[rmcdaniels]

Right on, now I know who to send my Quaife to for internal cleaning :)
As long as you don't mind voiding the warranty.