Three wheel drive?
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@FX4Dennis my apologies, trying to work and come back to this I definitely wasnt understanding (or taking enough time to). I think i get it now after reading this article. You're right, torque does rely on its transmissibility. I think the sentence that helped it click for me was regarding measurement of torque saying "One method works by measuring strain within the metal of a drive shaft which is transmitting torque..." so yeah you were right in that even a solid bar like a kart would experience higher torque on the side that has the higher resistance force. Friday brain is Friday brain, lol sorry again for the back and forth there.
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Weird, I was always told that an open diff is full-time 1WD. Going back to my days on the Ranger forums. I witnessed the driver of a open diff 2wd Ranger stuck on a icy driveway in the mountains, trying to get unstuck, and that thing was only getting torque to one rear wheel the entire time. The other rear wheel never flinched (I had a clear view of both rear wheels while this was happening). Needless to say, a tow truck had to be called in.
Weird, I was always told that an open diff is full-time 1WD. Going back to my days on the Ranger forums. I witnessed the driver of a open diff 2wd Ranger stuck on a icy driveway in the mountains, trying to get unstuck, and that thing was only getting torque to one rear wheel the entire time. The other rear wheel never flinched (I had a clear view of both rear wheels while this was happening). Needless to say, a tow truck had to be called in.
The article explains it very well.
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Even if you have an open diff the traction control will brake a slipping wheel and send power to the other one. You can get a truck from any manufacturer with an open diff, Ford is no different. So no it's no more true that "Fords are only 2wd" than anything else. This braindead thread is all more of a question about open diffs vs lockers vs LSDs than anything else. A lot of boomers think that the "old Fords" with manual hubs locked the front wheels together too as an aside.
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