Poor Little Cone Style
It is variable torque sensing system on a crude level.
The forces are:
Rotational force of the ring gear applied to the carrier and thus the pins or pin and differential rate of rotation of the axles. The combined forces cause the spider gears to push or ramp the gears of the cones away. Since the spider gears try to push the cones away when there is a difference in axle rotation vs torque applied to the ring gear carrier via the driveshaft, a varying and massive amount of pressure is applied to the cones.
This causes the cones to be gouged and rammed into the taper in the carrier and increasingly tighter as more force is applied to the spider gear ramp faces.
NO, NO, No it does not.
The spiders MOVE no where and are Stuck on the cross pin, in order for what you wished happens the spiders would need a hyd assembly between the back side of the spider and the case to force it off and make or force the side gears OUT.
Not happening no matter how much you want to believe it, i have thought of making such a lock up design, but the expense is OOC and there are other types that do this.
You are somewhat confusing how a Powr Lok kinda operates somewhat in a far cruder example, however that isn't exactly whats happening either .....how does the powr lok make more force ???? When one wheel slips and the other is planted it causes the anchored wheel to hold the side gear and the pinion turns the ring and case and the spinning wheel and clutch pack pressure make the cross pin slide up a ramp making a bit more clutch pack pressure, still not exactly what you think is happening in the CONE style limited slip.
But it does add some force to clutch pack, add more clutches you get more surface area.
A simple test, remove the springs from the Cone style limited slip and see what happens
I think a few of you need a hands on class with a few diffs to see the mistakes you're making with this.
Think about what you're saying... if it ramped or rammed then the cone and housing would forever be always binding. There is no torque sensing in a BW style, only rotation and drag, drag makes slip, slip in the powr lok makes more pressure squeezing the clutch pack tighter IF, IF the other wheel is planted, otherwise it creates no further pressure
There is no torque sensing, they are preloaded with springs to have a specific amount of pressure on a binding area, one uses replaceable clutches the other uses the carrier itself.
They sense no torque, they react to slip, THE ONLY DIFF that works with torque are ZF's and it is very complicated, very expensive, and they aren't small like what you're comparing/mistaking a cone style limited slip for.
THIS is the Difference between the TWO designs.
One company designed it that you could replace the clutches when they wore out and made it that it could be serviced outside of there company.
The other company ONLY wanted there hands in it and not give you the ability to service it or have it serviced, this is what borg warner did and auburn has/is continuing to do, it's why they have the exchange program they do, their design and no one else is profiting from it BUT them.
I wish i had time to play with the different designs together and video it, i need a tv show, i promise it would be far better than any other.
But i curse alot so there would be lots of beeps
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