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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from MyFirst240SX on 6:17 pm on Jan. 2, 2002
well 3 days ago down here it was short sleaves and now its snow and 30 degree's. South carolina is just wierd. Oh well well i say a couple neons just fly off the road when i went to go get my mom just now. little fwd drive cars cant compar to a jeep wranger. i donno how my 240 would have done. THey only use 1 wheel dont they?
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All two wheel drive open differential cars only use one wheel at a time. Actually, so do limited slip. They just oscillate between the two too quickly to really notice one or the other is turning. The only time you get both turning is when you have a locking differential. I.E. Detroit, Truetrac, or spool. There's always the popular logger locker. (Welding the spider gears together, essentially making a spool)
In case you don't know, the reason for one wheel turning only is because the other wheel has to "walk around" the power wheel's axleshaft. That's what spider gears are for. Since the inside wheel on a turn has to scribe a smaller arc than the outside, it has to turn slower. To get a better idea of how this works, find a differential and examine it. If you were to slow one wheel completely to a stop, the other would turn. That's why the wheels go opposite ways when you spin it with the car on jackstands.
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