4WD issue in front end

[mrblaine]

That's not something you would be able to see until it loses traction, at which point it would stop being driven .
He said it wasn't spinning which would imply it didn't have traction.

You've got it kinda mixed up a bit. If it loses traction, it is easier to spin and while it is spinning, whatever torque it takes to spin that tire is exactly the same amount the non spinning high traction tire gets.

 

[Zorba]

If it takes 10 ft lbs of torque to spin the tire that has the least amount of traction or is mostly in the air, then the tire on the ground with the most amount of traction also gets exactly 10 ft lbs of torque.

This is the most succinct, and understandable explanation I've ever read about this.

 

[mrblaine]

This is the most succinct, and understandable explanation I've ever read about this.

Something so simple really needn't be confusing but for some reason it seems to baffle lots of folks.

 

[Moglocker]

He had the definition of torque changed to traction in Websters dictionary.

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[Zorba]

Something so simple really needn't be confusing but for some reason it seems to baffle lots of folks.

It just makes sense, even to me!

 

[mrblaine]

It just makes sense, even to me!

I think folks have a hard time wrapping their head around torque being a function of resistance. If we think about a torque wrench and putting on lug nuts, we've all left them a bit short and had to use the torque wrench to finish snugging them down before they start getting tight enough to build up resistance so the torque wrench can finally do its job.

Tires are the same way, if it turns easy, there is not much resistance which is a low torque level delivered to turn the other side with higher traction. (contextually)

 

[AndyG]

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