I could have gone into more detail about that part for sure, most wouldn't really care :) The VCU part has stacks of steels, some that lock to the outside of the vcu, and some that lock to the inside, with silicon fluid between them. Through some chemical witchcraft when the inside and out turn at different speeds the VCU goo heats up and locks the plates together. That locks the planetary carrier through the vcu pins to the outside of the vcu and the sun gear to the planets, which basically makes the whole unit act as one piece.
Very cool to see it all go together! One correction; if your VCU is blown you won't know it unless the front or rear wheels are on a slick surface. It acts similar to an open differential where the set of wheels with the least resistance will spin when bad. A way to test it in the car is to put the rear wheels on the ground and you and a friend turn the front wheels the same direction (forward or back) and you shouldn't be able to move them.
I do not want to disagree with you there but yes you will know if you launch the car, even ona prepped track it will tend to spin the front wheels if your vcu is blown.
Very helpful info Chris (as usual)!
"How's the center diff on a 3s work? I don't know, it just does" 😁 Great as always!
I could have gone into more detail about that part for sure, most wouldn't really care :) The VCU part has stacks of steels, some that lock to the outside of the vcu, and some that lock to the inside, with silicon fluid between them. Through some chemical witchcraft when the inside and out turn at different speeds the VCU goo heats up and locks the plates together. That locks the planetary carrier through the vcu pins to the outside of the vcu and the sun gear to the planets, which basically makes the whole unit act as one piece.
@@RvengePerformance not criticizing, my lame attempt at humor (Joe Dirt reference)
@@aaron3360 oh I didn't think so, appreciate the comments! Thanks for watching!
Very cool to see it all go together! One correction; if your VCU is blown you won't know it unless the front or rear wheels are on a slick surface. It acts similar to an open differential where the set of wheels with the least resistance will spin when bad. A way to test it in the car is to put the rear wheels on the ground and you and a friend turn the front wheels the same direction (forward or back) and you shouldn't be able to move them.
I do not want to disagree with you there but yes you will know if you launch the car, even ona prepped track it will tend to spin the front wheels if your vcu is blown.
Thank you!
Got a diff from you guys love it!!!
Now need to service my transfer case can I set up with you...?
Absolutely: www.rvengeperformance.com/product/5-6-speed-getrag-awd-transfer-case-rebuild-service/