Chrysler Conquest 1988 Service Manual page 1022

REAR AXLE
- General Information
OPERATION (TORQUE TRANSMISSION) DURING STRAIGHT DRIVING
When the differential case is turned the drive pinion vra the drive gear, the pressure rings which are :
interlocked with the differential case will also turn at the same -speed. [The projections located on the outs@e i.I
of the pressure rings engage (with some play) the grooves located on the inside of the differentral case].
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When the pressure rings move in the direction or rotatron, they contact the tapered portion of the pin?on shaft,' ES.
and thereby receive reaction force in both the lateral direction and the direct@n of rotation. The reaction focce A&
in the lateral direction presses the clutch plates together, and marntarns straight driving. During su$ driving,
because the road surface gives.equal resistance to both the left and right wheels, equal resistances@ applied --
to the left and right side gears. Therefore, the pinion gear does not revolve, and the drive gear, the 6fferentiaf 1
case, the pinion shaft, the pinion gear, and the left and right side~gear-s all turn as one unit.-
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Pinion
shaft
Left pressure ring
Right pressure ring
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Input tot-clue
Direction of rotation
of the pressure ring
during straight driving
Reaction force symbol code
P= Pressing force of the
on the clutch plates
F= Pressing force of the
on the pinton shaft
N= Resultant, force of P
press
press1
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Fjytion of rotation
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