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Originally Posted by radroach
@ Spuds
Great review, I might have to try amsoil on my next MT fill (probably a couple years down the road. I am however concerned about your statements about what's going on in the differential, not sure if there's any real basis or fact in what you're saying about the different behavior so I'll have to take that with a grain of salt. |
Thanks! As far as the diff, the worm gears will bind under certain torque conditions with little regard as to what lubricant is put in. I believe the friction modifier spreads that threshold out by creating a bit more resistance under load (meaning when there is a torque difference between wheels). The mechanical binding would still occur at approximately the same point, but the viscous forces would resist the torque difference between the wheels at a lower level of difference. This would explain what I am feeling in my subjective review.
One of my hypotheses in this little experiment was that friction modifier was not going to have any effect which is why I didn't buy any to begin with. I still have to see what adding some does to prove that right or wrong, but current observations seem to suggest that hypothesis was incorrect.