one wheel drive?

by **Mole** » Sat May 10, 2003 5:44 pm

kinda odd but not suprising...

as i lifted up the car from the front of the car, i put the tranny into drive, and i notice that only the driver's side is the only side spinning after 1 minute. the passenger side spins a little bit, but not as much/fast as the driver's side. any reason why?

by **kronos98** » Sat May 10, 2003 6:02 pm

i'm not a real expert on this, but i believe it has something to do with the limited-slip differential (LSD) or positraction.

the way it's designed, it's supposed to provide power to the wheels in such a way that they have the ability to rotate at different speeds (hence the name differential). this is needed when turning, because the outside wheel must rotate faster than the inside wheel.

in your situation, the differential has a serious problem. when either one of the tires does not have resistance, none of the power can be transferred to either wheels.

the differential always applies the same amount of torque to each wheel (in theory). the maximum amount of torque that can be applied is the greatest amount that will not cause one of the wheels to slip.

the new designs of the LSD help it to compensate for situations when one tire does not experience traction (such as on ice or while off-roading), but once again, your car isn't really supposed to have both tires in the air. and if they are both in the air, you don't require torque on either one of them.

by **NASTY** » Sat May 10, 2003 6:30 pm

...our cars never came with a limited-slip differential (or does he have one?)

by **kronos98** » Sat May 10, 2003 6:46 pm

our cars don't have LSD? then how does it transfer power from the transmission to the wheels? i guess i'm dumb: i thought all cars had LSD!

by **Peter** » Sat May 10, 2003 7:17 pm

kronos98 wrote:our cars don't have LSD? then how does it transfer power from the transmission to the wheels? i guess i'm dumb: i thought all cars had LSD!

no, lsd isnt in all cars. i wish it was. some people have it installed, but no, our cars didnt come with it. mike, u have lsd? that might be the reason, im not sure

by **cdssolara** » Sat May 10, 2003 11:13 pm

kronos98 wrote:our cars don't have LSD? then how does it transfer power from the transmission to the wheels? i guess i'm dumb: i thought all cars had LSD!

All cars have differentials, but they are usually open differentials rather than limited slip differentials.

Website · by **Turbosolara** » Sat May 10, 2003 11:41 pm

cdssolara wrote:
kronos98 wrote:our cars don't have LSD? then how does it transfer power from the transmission to the wheels? i guess i'm dumb: i thought all cars had LSD!

All cars have differentials, but they are usually open differentials rather than limited slip differentials.

yup yup i second that

by **Mole** » Sun May 11, 2003 12:40 am

i thought only manual cars are able to have limited slip diff...

by **adam2562** » Sun May 11, 2003 7:52 am

i think this is a case for Flipside hehe...... i dunno anything bout why it does it but as far as ikno its normal, when i've seen them do it at work most do that... it may have sumthign to do with also like when u nail it sumtime only our right wheels spin... but i dunno... Flip needs to get in on this topic to inform us

by **kronos98** » Sun May 11, 2003 9:37 am

oh ok. yeah. our cars have open differentials.

that gives us the problem of no torque being applied to a wheel if the other wheel doesn't have resistance. that's what limited slip differentials were designed to correct. LSD use various mechanisms to allow torque to be applied to the non-slipping wheel.

by **EricSol** » Sun May 11, 2003 11:20 am

TRDMole177 wrote:i thought only manual cars are able to have limited slip diff...

That is correct

by **Yanks0114** » Sun May 11, 2003 11:37 am

It makes sense that the front wheels do not spin at the same speed. We do not have a posi front. Traditionally if you don't have posi rear or front, only one wheel will break free when you burn out. With a posi f/r both wheels spin at the same speed.

by **EricSol** » Sun May 11, 2003 12:01 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:We do not have a posi front.

Speak for youself, hehe....

by **Yanks0114** » Sun May 11, 2003 12:08 pm

EricSol wrote:
Yanks0114 wrote:We do not have a posi front.

Speak for youself, hehe....

LOL NICE. Eric you got posi? Thats freaken amazing.

by **EricSol** » Sun May 11, 2003 12:21 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:
EricSol wrote:
Yanks0114 wrote:We do not have a posi front.

Speak for youself, hehe....

LOL NICE. Eric you got posi? Thats freaken amazing.

Yeah, I have the KAAZ

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