Poor Little Cone Style
Isn't "G lok, or actually known as the egerodisc " a play on words. These words are basically "made up" words to get the customer to buy something. Everything sold in the US is given a "made-up" word to make it sound better than the competitor , Dana 60, Locker, Limited slip, etc, etc. Just because a company has a better "made-up" word doesn't make it better or correct relative to the way something functions. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so is "torque sensing". If this is an argument about what a word means then all is lost because in the end FABO subscribers want to know what works, they do not care what the meaning of is "is"!!
Using the term "play on words" was a big mistake IMO.
treblig
G lok is what some of us in our field call the egerodisc, egerodisc is what Eaton calls that unit just like i have names that are different to differentiate different shafts i make. However egerodisc is terrible sounding and i use g lok, but Eatons name is a descriptive name for what that is, and it is gero style pump disc that locks the both sides together by hyd psi.
, Dana 60, Locker, Limited slip, etc, etc.
Now you're using model names and types and confusing that for descriptive word play, a Dana 60 is a model, a
track lok is a
limited slip, a
powr lok is a
limited slip,
auburn are limited slips these are
TYPES, when you say one is torque sensing now you're playing with words to make something seem better or more appealing than another.
To say locker, limited slip and then models are a play on words is most definitely wrong, locker is a descriptive name for what a locker is, as is limited slip, now some companies want to stand out in descriptions and then you have
gimmicks like, Posi, Sure Grip, equa traction and anti spin, all words and gimmicks that all do and mean the same thing.
When you say a locker senses torque and locks , now you're playing with words, it doesn't sense anything same as a limited slip, it is pre-loaded with a spring psi, it then from that has a torque bias , torque bias changes by the differentiation of wheel speed from one side to the other, the bias ratio is a part of the clutch area and spring psi and speed, less of any equals less torque bias, less torque bias equals less breakaway torque needed to make the limited slip slip.
Again NO SENSING is being done, it is a mechanically loaded device that will work by a designed ratio until that torque factor is exceeded
So if all you are interested in are what works then as i said earlier one design is service friendly and one is not, but both are limited slips.
That is the cold hard truth between the two styles of clutch limited slips.
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The powr lok is better
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