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Originally Posted by bigred5765
take a look at the highlighted bits above from you statement
thats why most people hate ball diffs, and thats exactly why most people don't understand them. are they really supposed to be silky smooth, well i say no there supposed to be a kinda of limited slip diff, so no there not supposed to be silky smooth there supposed to be tight and feel a little notchy, if there silky smooth they will diff out in the corner loosing drive,which is why people think oil filled geared diff are better because they don't diff out so easily, but feel one of them there far from silky smooth,build it right and yes they last months, o buy the way shy we run on astro 98% of the time are cougar diff is tight and slightly notchy and 3 months old still going strong,
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I'm open to all possibilites
Just wanna test a gear diff for myself to find out first of all. Feel, laptime, average laptime. I'd like to try geared diffs in my B44. And I'm also waiting for the 410 Ultra kit. I'd vice versa like to try the Rango with ball diffs...
On astro I can agree that the diffs are not that critical, but on a loose track or on sections of the track without astro - the ball diff should be smooth.
Last time I rebuilt my B44 ball diffs they looked like this...
It was so crappy, and I had to tight it so much you could hardly move it... Was still fast as hell (podium finish)
I might as well have driven with a solid axle
Another thing: What deteriorates the ball diff is mainly the diff plates. I notice no improvement with ceramic balls. But I'd love to see a better material used for those diff plates! (B-Fast machined plates are the best option so far). Ceramic plates???