Transmisison drive questoin

[TominMO]

Read up on diffs via Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...hanical_device)

But why does an open diff experience wheel hop on one side only, at a dragstrip? Is that due to one side having the weight of a driver, and no one on the other side?

[kellen302]

Maybe, open diffs will give you the famed "one wheel peel" whichever wheel has the least traction is the one that will get the most power and spin. If you have some traction under one and a lot under the other, you will go very slow, but the one with least traction will spin some.

[TominMO]

Yup, it acts just like a normal open diff, if the left wheel is in mud then that wheel will spin.

What if the right wheel is in mud and spinning? Will the left wheel drive the car?

[TominMO]

You sit in the left side of the car....so the right side is lighter.

OK, but this does not answer my question about drive transferring from right to left as needed.

[kellen302]

Yup, it acts just like a normal open diff, if the left wheel is in mud then that wheel will spin.

[bhazard]

You sit in the left side of the car....so the right side is lighter.

[TominMO]

Do the E-series trannies only drive the right wheel, in all cases? Or does drive transfer to the left wheel if the right wheel loses traction? I ask beause every time I step on the gas going around a right turn, I get wheel hop on the right side; but never when making left turns, when weight transfers to the right wheel.