Re: How stuff works --> Differentials

[Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>]

Hi Randall,

I did not mean to say that both wheels were not drive wheels.

I should have added that if neither wheel is slipping, there is torque 
at both wheels.

But you're saying that the following is a misunderstanding on my part. 
It is not correct. I thought sure I experienced this with cars stuck in 
the snow... maybe my imagination.

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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.
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Don