Re: How stuff works --> Differentials

[Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>]

Message text written by Don Malling
>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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I remember my slot car had a drive wheel and a non-drive wheel.  But any
modern car with a diferential does not have a designated "drive wheel" as
described. I remember hearing the same thing as a kid.  I believed it then
but I don't believe it now.  

Dave