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  • Syncro locking differential

    John Connors · Tue, 15 Oct 2002 04:19:33 EDT · Mailing-list archive

    Hello everyone Does anyone know approximately how much it would cost to convert a non-locking differential on a 1986 Syncro GL to a...

  • Re: Syncro locking diffs question from Sudhir Desai

    Jim Davis · Fri, 19 Sep 1997 02:02:13 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...The center "differential" on a Syncro operates sort of like an automatically locking differential and will lock up automatically when the rear tires begin...

  • Differentials: open, limited-slip, & locking (was: limited slip rear end)

    · Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:48:28 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...LOCKING DIFFERENTIALS In off-road or snow conditions, this is a BIG step up from an open differential. The locking mechanism "locks" both sides...

  • Re: [Syncro] Syncro Lights

    Lawrence Johnson · Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:21:34 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...The switch to the light is located on the end of the Differential Lock shaft (LHS of Differential). It is a simple switch with...

  • Re: Automatic Locking Rear Differential??

    ERIC ZENO · Wed, 11 Sep 1996 07:49:30 -0400 (EDT) · Mailing-list archive

    ...The salesman says that in '89 they > went to a automatic locking differential. Is this true? I have never > heard of it. If it...

  • Dumb differential question

    Don Hanson · Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:17:33 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...open differential and I'd like to have a locking differential. But I like the 5 speed so how about fitting a locker from...

  • 86 Syncro - Differential Lock

    Hovey, Wendell H. · Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:16:14 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    In the time my 86 Vanagon Syncro has been out of commission - notorious 3-4 gear fracture - the differential lock vacuum solenoid became misplaced...

  • Looking for syncro diff lock switch, vac resevoir

    John Clemens · Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:34:52 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    I'm having my 2WD transmission rebuilt('83 Westhalia) and have the option of adding a vacuum controlled locking differential, using a syncro case...

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  • Differential lock

    A device that locks the differential to provide maximum traction

  • Electronic Differential Lock

    A system that directs power to the wheel with better grip, reducing tire wear

  • locking differential

    prevents wheels from spinning freely, directing power to wheel with better grip

  • Torsen Differential

    Mechanically self-locking center differential for four-wheel drive

  • XDS

    An extension of the electronic differential lock function, responding to loss of traction

  • Lockers

    A device within a differential that couples both wheels for additional traction

  • Vacuum switch

    A device that controls the flow of vacuum to the differential lock

  • Decoupler

    In a Syncro drivetrain, a driveshaft decoupler disconnects the prop shaft so the front axle is no longer driven through it; it is not the front differential lock. A Gerry discussion on 16 May 2004 compares the original non-viscous-coupling layout, which used a driveshaft decoupler, with viscous-coupling Syncros while debating front-lock behavior. The thread is historical community discussion, not a retrofit procedure; identify the drivetrain configuration before interpreting parts or controls.

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