here yer go daft, just log in there and save yer getting bored wiff techincal stuffkeep me informed Pikey - i am more interested in yo violin lessons than the technicalities of differential workings
"The force APPLIED TO THE GROUND by each wheel will always be equal"
COMPLETLY INCORRECT, It ONLY applies when there is EQUAL traction available to BOTH wheels
You are WRONG .... horribly wrong, because even yet you cannot "see" how a differential works.
The simple fact is this - if two wheels are connected through a simple differential, then
"The force APPLIED TO THE GROUND by each wheel will always be equal".
FULL STOP. It's a simple case of PHYSICS, gears and levers.
There is no other possibility, and if anyone argues they are just digging a deeper hole for themselves, and may need to use DIFF LOCK to get out, which changes everything anyway.
CharlesY.
COMPLETLY INCORRECT, It ONLY applies when there is EQUAL traction available to BOTH wheels
You are WRONG .... horribly wrong, because even yet you cannot "see" how a differential works.
The simple fact is this - if two wheels are connected through a simple differential, then
"The force APPLIED TO THE GROUND by each wheel will always be equal".
FULL STOP. It's a simple case of PHYSICS, gears and levers.
There is no other possibility, and if anyone argues they are just digging a deeper hole for themselves, and may need to use DIFF LOCK to get out, which changes everything anyway.
CharlesY.
disco_steve
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Unless (as on my Disco) you have Traction Control, then diif lock not needed
AND . . . if ANYONE wants to challenge that a diff lock is better than ETC, all I can say is 'see you on Salisbury Plain'
For the sake of wrapping this thread up, I actually DO fully understand how a diff works . . . (even though you despair that I don't)
I think we are both using different 'words' for the same meanings, which is where the confusion lies . . .
I FULLY understand this:-
Refering to TORQUE (which is NOT 'force applied by the wheels' in my book)
IF 100% leaves the end of the crankshaft, (and passes through the gearbox etc) then in a 2WD it is split 50/50 to each driven wheel, likewise in a 4WD, each wheel receives 25% and it is ALWAYS equal irrespection of the available grip. (and ignoring losses etc)
But (and this is where we mean the same, but are using different words) :-
The 'force applied to the ground' to me means TRACTION, and this will ALWAYS differ dependant on the available COHESION between the tyre and the surface. if a wheel is spinning, and the opposite one on the same axle is stationary, they are still recieving the same TORQUE, but the TRACTION, COHESION, (or FORCE applied to THE GROUND
) is obviously different between themAnyway Charles . . . I will bow to a 'mouldie Oldie' as you put it
