rxspeed87

just wondering has any tried to fashion a torque arm to connect the differential to the tranny.
I know they do this quite a bit with solid axle cars when they are coil sprung with panhard bar to help prevent the rear end from twisting in place.
and I know we all seem to have problems with breaking the front diff mount due how the differential tries to twist.

would this be a reasonable idea. can it even be done or is it not even worth thinking about?

jprx7

i think your idea could work, but it wouldn't necessarily be a torque arm... from what i've seen a torque arm is essentially a really long set of LCA's and it will flex up and down as the axle moves on a live axle setup... seems like a beefier mount of some sort would be a good idea though
Patrick

rxspeed87

more or less yeah it is supposed to maintain the correct pinion angle and prevent the rear from twisting. since our rear end is bolted to the subframe there shouldn't really be much for up and down movement anyway or twisting.
and rather then welding the front mount making a solid piece which could put some more noise in the cockpit here you still can have your rubber mount to help isolate the noise but it should be less prone to twisting up and down helping to keep the tranny and rear end in place.


just no idea how welll it would work or if you could even do so

experts?

eyeoutthere

Seems like it would add a bunch of unnecessary weight.

Many people implement a “Pinion snubber” to help keep the dif stationary.

Basically, it is a rubber bushing that is placed in between the pinion and the bottom of the car to keep it from twisting upwards.

http://www.torquecentral.com/showthr...pinion+snubber

Works well from what I hear.

rxspeed87

that might be a worthwhile idea to look into.

as far as the arm it shouldn't be that much maybe at most 10 lbs if even....