anyone with VCE experience???

[wannarace]

ok, here's the deal, i bought a viscous coupler eliminator(VCE) from Mach V. i install the thing and shortly after had my wheels aligned. turning in reverse or tight turn forward makes my tires like they're hoppin and skippin. i am wondering if that is an effect of the vce cause it basicly conects the front drive to the rear as 1 unit. also i have this whinning sound in the tranny, started smelling gear oil. there are no holes, no leaks. it sounds like i have a fricken blower on my car. anybody got ideas suggestions thought's or theorys. any will do.

 

[90GSX]

The "hoppin and skippin" tires is normal. I have a spool and VCE, it does the same thing. Since the car is in a turn thewheels need to be able tu turn at different speeds, which is normally not a problem, until you lock the front and rear diff's together.

Just take slow turns wide and when you park it, roll the car backwards and forwards in the spot to take some stress out of the drivline.

 

[wannarace]

thanks man, it's really funny, i found out what that whine was. ha ha. turns out it was a tranny problem. now my car is parked 15 min from where i live with a blown center diff. that's 2 in 6 months. now i just gotta find a way to get money and go TRE. again thanks for the help man.

 

[90GSX]

How is the center diff blown if it's locked together?? Didn't you intall the TRE Spool with the VCE? If not, nows the time to do it.

 

[wannarace]

you know, i haven't the slightest as to what happened. no i didn't get the spool cause i wasn't aware that i needed one. i got my VCE from mach V. now, when you say spool, are you talking about their welded center dif.

 

[90GSX]

No the spool is not a welded diff. Go to www.teamrip.com for more details.

 

[bmoha2]

This is the first time I have heard of a spool. What is it? I ave been wanting to go to a VCE since my center diff is burning out.

 

[wannarace]

i really don't know much about the spool still. haven't ever used one. i know that it's used to give 50/50 power split front to rear vers. the stock 60/40. i had a welded center diff. for a while to get the same result. the spool is just better for the drivetrain. anyways, here's a link to a spool and a VCE.


Slowboy Racing :: DSM :: Drivetrain :: Transmission Components :: Eclipse/Talon/Evo 4G63 :: Team R.I.P. TRE-spec Center Differential Spool

 

[99gst_racer]

A spool is a rich man's welded diff.

 

[twicks69]

Really, the only time you want to use a VCE (Viscous Coupler Eliminator) is for dyno-tuning on 2-Wheel-Drive Chassis Dynamometers, with the transfer case disconnected and driveshaft secured to the trans tunnel.

I do not reccomend daily driving a vehicle with a VCE (using a stock 2-spider or aftermarket 4-spider center differential); it will only cause more potential for damage.

The VCE is to be used in conjunction with a welded center differential or a spooled center differential to secure the output shaft, since you have no need for a viscous coupler on this style of differential.

Viscous couplers are made to be used with open or limited slip differentials to actively transfer torque between the two wheels or the front/rear differentials.

If this car is a street car, I would strongly reccomend going with a new center differential with a 4-spider gear conversion and a upper differential cover modified for a Torrington bearing, and a new viscous coupler, detent ball and snapring.

Good luck,