Wheel Spin
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Wheel Spin
I know this is a stupid question but I don't know much about our cars. Why does only the left front tire spin when I do a burnout. I am getting new tires this week so I wanted to have a little fun and get every last bit out of the tires before I buy new ones so I have ben doing a few burnouts and some times there is only one tire mark, and some one who was out side of my car one time and said that only the left tire was smoking. Why is this?
Open differential.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
"Now what happens if one of the drive wheels has good traction, and the other one is on ice? This is where the problem with open differentials comes in.
Remember that the open differential always applies the same torque to both wheels, and the maximum amount of torque is limited to the greatest amount that will not make the wheels slip. It doesn't take much torque to make a tire slip on ice. And when the wheel with good traction is only getting the very small amount of torque that can be applied to the wheel with less traction, your car isn't going to move very much."
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
"Now what happens if one of the drive wheels has good traction, and the other one is on ice? This is where the problem with open differentials comes in.
Remember that the open differential always applies the same torque to both wheels, and the maximum amount of torque is limited to the greatest amount that will not make the wheels slip. It doesn't take much torque to make a tire slip on ice. And when the wheel with good traction is only getting the very small amount of torque that can be applied to the wheel with less traction, your car isn't going to move very much."
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What you are looking for is called Positive traction. A lot of jeeps, off road type vehicals have it so that you don't get stuck as easy. There's a locking mechanism that will spin both wheels. It has to do with altering your axle or whatever that links your wheels.
I recently added positive traction to a GMC truck my father-in-law owns. But that's a rear wheel drive. It was just a aftermarket gear thingy that replaces a part in the axle or whatever. Not sure if you can find anything for a front wheel drive Maxima.
I recently added positive traction to a GMC truck my father-in-law owns. But that's a rear wheel drive. It was just a aftermarket gear thingy that replaces a part in the axle or whatever. Not sure if you can find anything for a front wheel drive Maxima.
Originally Posted by Rick James
Open differential.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
"Now what happens if one of the drive wheels has good traction, and the other one is on ice? This is where the problem with open differentials comes in.
Remember that the open differential always applies the same torque to both wheels, and the maximum amount of torque is limited to the greatest amount that will not make the wheels slip. It doesn't take much torque to make a tire slip on ice. And when the wheel with good traction is only getting the very small amount of torque that can be applied to the wheel with less traction, your car isn't going to move very much."
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
"Now what happens if one of the drive wheels has good traction, and the other one is on ice? This is where the problem with open differentials comes in.
Remember that the open differential always applies the same torque to both wheels, and the maximum amount of torque is limited to the greatest amount that will not make the wheels slip. It doesn't take much torque to make a tire slip on ice. And when the wheel with good traction is only getting the very small amount of torque that can be applied to the wheel with less traction, your car isn't going to move very much."
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I will elaborate,
Since most roads are banked, you will have more weight on the right side of the car(i guess it depends on how much you weigh) thus causing the right wheel to have more traction. Because the diff splits torque 50/50, the left wheel with less traction will spin more easily than the right wheel.
Since most roads are banked, you will have more weight on the right side of the car(i guess it depends on how much you weigh) thus causing the right wheel to have more traction. Because the diff splits torque 50/50, the left wheel with less traction will spin more easily than the right wheel.
Originally Posted by Juicey
What you are looking for is called Positive traction. A lot of jeeps, off road type vehicals have it so that you don't get stuck as easy. There's a locking mechanism that will spin both wheels. It has to do with altering your axle or whatever that links your wheels.
I recently added positive traction to a GMC truck my father-in-law owns. But that's a rear wheel drive. It was just a aftermarket gear thingy that replaces a part in the axle or whatever. Not sure if you can find anything for a front wheel drive Maxima.
I recently added positive traction to a GMC truck my father-in-law owns. But that's a rear wheel drive. It was just a aftermarket gear thingy that replaces a part in the axle or whatever. Not sure if you can find anything for a front wheel drive Maxima.
There's the factory VLSD (Viscous Limited Slip Differential) that came in some canadian Maximas and US I30t's, the Phantom Grip LSD, that locks your axles, and the quaife LSD (discontinued) that was a toque biasing LSD.
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