On rear wheel drive cars, the spidergears are welded to provide constant drive from both rear wheels..?

Question

How would you accomplish the same on front wheel drive?

Answer 1

You often are unable to do so with the limited amount of space provided for the final drive. however you can get replacement final drives that offer positive traction like you are discribing.

Answer 2

Thomas, Please re-consider your plan. Try this test first: Mark the sidewall of both front tires in exactly the same spot. As you drive forward very slowly turn to the left or right as sharply as you can until you've completed a circle. Straighten your front wheels and turn your truck off . Jump out and look at the marks on your tires. They no longer line up. Picture both front wheels turning the very same speed doing this exercise. You wouldn't have been able turn the circle locked to the left.

Draw a large circle on a piece of paper. Sketch the front axle of your truck with one front wheel directly on the circle and the other close to the center of the paper's center as the wheels circle the paper the outside wheel turns more revolutions than does the wheel closer to the center of the paper. Please don't weld the front spider gears.

Racers get away with locked rear end spools in oval track racing because the ground speed of the rear wheels is always in a straight line. There could be some tire stagger to make the car turn the corners better but the rpm of the rear axles is the same.

Answer 3

I beleive only one wheel is driven.
There is something called posi traction that allwos both rears to mesh together.

Answer 4

What you propose is utterly and completely dangerous.If you lock the front end of a road car you will have very little or no steering capabilities left at all.Dont attempt this under any circumstances!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!