Chrysler Conquest 1988 Service Manual page 1024

3-6
REAR AXLE
- General Information
FEATURES OF THE LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL
(I)
(2)
(3)
When one wheel of the vehicle IS in contxt with a road
surface which has poor tractron, the limited slip different%
in comparrson to a cor-rventronai differential, supplies
additional torque to the wheel which has the betters traction
conditrons by utilizing clutch plates, thus i~mproving the
tractron capacity. Moreover, the effect
of the limited sIip
differential is to prevent the vehicle trom becoming stuck,
even if the traction of one uf the wheels becomegradica!ly
reduced. ~~
When one wheel moves -from a road surface which has
poor traction onto one which has good tractron, or when the
wheels are constantly leaving the road .surfaGwhile driving
on a rough, bumpy road, the clutch plates of the limited sjip
differential allow the torque to absorb the differences
between the revolutron speeds of the right and left wheels.
In addition, the sudden changes (jolting) in the drive force
are also absorbed, thus preventing skrddrng.
Because in the limtted slip differential, the differential
operation is slightly restricted during normal cornering, the
understeer tendency (the tendency for the cornering of the
vehicle to exceed the turnrng of the steenng wheel)
becomes greater, however, this does not
have .my c&t:
rimental effect on the driving of the vehicle. Moreover, in
the event that the Inside wheel lifts up (the tire leaves the
road surface) during high
speed
cornering, the clutch plates
function to limit differential operation which would simul-
taneously decrease the drive force of the outside wheel;
therefore, the Irmrted slip drfferentral moderates sudden
speed reductions during vehicle cornering, and thereby
provides greater cornering capability than a conventional
differential.