Thank you both very much for the replies.
I tested as per sosidge's description and the slipper slips and the diff doesn't. But it still takes quite some force to get it to slip, so maybe my diffs are too tight as well.....
So how do you tell if your diffs are too tight or just right? Obviously these plate diffs don't spin like a bevelled gear diff, but exactly how do you set up the smoothness-to-non-slip ratio on them? Or is that all feel too?
Both diffs are set so that with the motor in place, but everything switched off, if you spin any wheel it only counter-rotates the opposite wheel on the axel, and doesn't drive any of the belts.
As a final note, I am geared quite low, with a 19T pinion, so obviously that is going to crank more torque through the slipper than it would if I ran a racing sized 21-23T pinion. Am I correct in thinking that if I gear up then it should produce less slip?
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