Workshop Manual

COMPONENT OPERATION / Axle

T3-10-9

Traveling Straight with the Same Road Resis-

tances to Left and Right Tires

As the differential pinion gear and the left and right

pinion gears rotate solidly, the drive forces of the left

and right tires are the same similarly to the TPD.

Traveling on Soft Roads (Different Road Resis-

tances to Left and Right Tires)

Drive force is transmitted to the case, pressure ring,

and spider through the ring gear. At this time, the

spider having the cam construction pushes the

pressure ring with the thrust (P). Clutch disc is

geared with the case through the pressure ring. Side

gears fitted to the clutch disc by spline rotate solidly

with the case, and the left and right gears rotate at

the same speed.

Like this, the left and right axle shafts fitted to the

side gears by spline tend to rotate solidly with the

case, and the differential movement restriction works.

In case the drive force provided for the skidding tire

is larger than the road resistance, part of the torque

of the skidding tire is added to the tire contacting the

road by the differential movement restriction (be-

cause of the same speed of the left and right tires),

and the tire contacting the road is provided with more

torque.

Until the difference of the resistances between the

left and right tires exceeds certain value (until the

clutch disc begins to slip), the left and right gears

solidly rotate at a constant speed. On such soft roads,

the drive force increases by 1.5 times the value for

the TPD if the LSD is provided.

T4GB-03-10-004

Clutch Disc

Pressure Plate

Spider

Pressure Ring