Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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English draft translations are available throughout this issue. Unclear or unreadable OCR remains flagged; these drafts have not received full image proofreading. The archive retains 310 scan files, including two duplicate captures, representing 308 unique pages.

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  1. 1. Trying to change initial torque!Unexpected struggle nearly made the car undrivable.There was one thing I really wanted to try on installing this LSD:its one-touch adjustment,inherited from the SelectiveLSD.You can adjust initial torque without removing the LSD,just by removing one side flange.That should interest plenty of people!
  2. 2. August30
  3. 3. Its linear action,letting me control the slide with my toes,made me grin.The1.5-way felt almost no different from2-way.Good response helped me master low-speed manji,previously a weak point.Now I can easily do it in second gear at about30km/h! [ending corrupted;historical driving report]
  4. 4. We tried timing the adjustment.I confidently declared we would finish in30minutes,but separating the driveshaft from the side flange proved a struggle(see photos).From jacking up to being able to drive again took about two hours!There must be a more efficient method.Nismo says this feature is mainly for restoring initial torque lost through wear,rather than changing it on site for different driving conditions.Taking up the loss saves an overhaul.Afterward,the change was clearly perceptible.With good response and direct locking even at low initial torque,I wondered whether a weaker setting might be better. [minor OCR damage]
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  9. 9. Two hours of struggle
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  11. 11. Can you see the cross-shaped key between the pressure rings?(The crossbar fixing the…gear [OCR uncertain].)Turning the central nut left or right widens or narrows the pressure rings,changing clutch-plate preload.A clever mechanism!
  12. 12. How variable initial torque works
  13. 13. Reference
  14. 14. There was too little articulation,so working from the hub side also failed.Back to the side flange.Just when forceful levering seemed likely to work,the protruding driveshaft cap that was in the way popped off.Out came miso-like grease! [OCR damaged]
  15. 15. Initial-torque adjustment digest
  16. 16. We inserted a tire lever between driveshaft and side flange and tried shifting it.But the shaft's limited angle and the protrusion inserted into the flange prevented separation.It looked so close to fitting! [OCR damaged]
  17. 17. Then pull out the driveshaft
  18. 18. Change of plan:pull the shaft from the hub toward the differential case. [OCR damaged]
  19. 19. Take it out!
  20. 20. We loosened the driveshaft securing nut with the secret weapon,a Snap-onwrench(shown on the next page).Ono grinned:Convenient! [OCR damaged]
  21. 21. First remove the bolts/nuts securing driveshaft to side flange.Kawasaki confidently says30minutes should do it! [OCR damaged]
  22. 22. And yet!
  23. 23. Just a little more
  24. 24. OZ8
  25. 25. The adjustment itself takes only two seconds!
  26. 26. I know nothing!says Kawasaki,quickly levering out the side flange with a tire lever.What happened to the driveshaft? [OCR damaged]
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  28. 28. Driveshaft destroyed!Crab-paste grease from inside.Oh no,we did it:the Cefiro is undrivable with driveshaft trouble again.We asked K-Style for rescue parts,but none were in stock.Trouble! [OCR damaged]
  29. 29. Insert a19mm socket
  30. 30. And turn!
  31. 31. Kawasaki attempts to repair the broken shaft.Just hammer it back as before,it will be fine!Join it to the side flange and the grease cannot escape,he casually says.Is that really enough? [OCR damaged;quoted historical action]
  32. 32. Is it all right without this spring?
  33. 33. Restoring the cap without removing the shaft is virtually impossible.The powerful spring inside prevents fitting the cap.So Kawasaki casually decides the spring need not be fitted.Really?The springless shaft slides smoothly… [continues later;OCR damaged]
  34. 34. The crab-paste tragedy,again!
  35. 35. Ta-da!Inside this hole is a19mm adjusting bolt.Turning it changes initial torque.You can adjust with this socket wrench alone!But reaching this stage has already taken over an hour.
  36. 36. There:initial torque increased in only two seconds!It was the middle8kg setting of three;turning right changes it to10kg.Too easy!
  37. 37. …joins the side flange easily [continuation damaged]
  38. 38. We worried the driveshaft might come out or grease might fly,but afterward we drifted for about30minutes… [continuation]
  39. 39. Without a problem.The result… [continuation fragment]
  40. 40. Exhausted,Kawasaki summons Inokuchi.But he pushes the shaft end and opens the cap Kawasaki had hammered back!The spring flies out and Inokuchi is also attacked by crab-paste grease.Ono,holding the camera… [ending corrupted]
  41. 41. As expected,fitting the driveshaft is another struggle.We could not get it out,so of course we cannot get it in… [continuation damaged]
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  45. 45. …cannot [continuation fragment]