Poor Little Cone Style
Then you are arguing incorrectly. I have had literally hundreds of them apart. It is VERY obvious that they are torque sensing. Let me put it this way. The breakaway torque specs for them in new to good condition is in the 150 LB FT to 300 LB FT range. There's no way those little preload springs can give that much. That torque comes from cones or clutches ramping up when the torque tool is applied to measure the breakaway torque. I have tested probably over 200 units working at different dealerships through the years. Both cone and clutch type. They are both indeed torque sensing.
Well, just to make sure my memory aint slipping, I went and tore down a new style that I have in the shop. This is what I found:
#1 cones ARE NOT THREADED INTO THE CASE. they have lube groves cut in them for the same reason a synchro does
#2 there is NO RAMP system on the crosspin. it is held by the case and cannot move
#3 the ONLY force pushing the tapered cone into the case, is the spring pack PERIOD.
#4 Rusty said in the first line of his first post, that a cone style will lock up as tight as a clutch type, then went on to say the clutch type could require 1000 lbs to break free, where as the cone would be 150-300, so hows that the same?
Now, can anyone explain to me and the rest of the world, how this is "torque sensing" just trying to weed out the "chest thumping" posts from the facts, that's all
