You have a drive shaft turning the pinion, and the power transfers to
the half shafts. It does not matter which one drives, since if one side
turns freely that uses all of the motion of the drive shaft, with
nothing left over for the side which is still on the ground. This type
diff depends on both rear wheels being in contact with the road at all
times to provide resistance. Take care, Bill
Don Malling wrote:
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> Maybe someone one the list can help... The site says that an "open"
> differential supplies equal torque to both wheels, and if either
> starts to slip, the torque on both goes to near zero, because the one
> that is slipping will just spin faster. The only solution to this is a
> limited slip differential.
>
> Seems to me that in most cars there is a drive wheel and a non-drive
> wheel. If the drive wheel slips, you have no torque at either wheel,
> but if the non-drive wheel slips, you still have torque at the drive
> wheel.
>
> What am I missing?
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>
> Don
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