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Originally Posted by Piman
That is just wrong. You have it completely the wrong way round. The whole point of a diff is that it is there to allow the wheels to rotate at different speeds (hence the name differential) so that there is no slip between inner and outer wheels. This is one of the disadvantages of front oneways replacing diffs (centre one ways allow you to keep the diff operation at the front).
What a one way gives you is more turn in by removing the breaking on the front wheels. The wheels can only provide so much traction or grip. In permanent 4WD the front wheels have to brake and turn. With a one way all that grip can be used for more turn. However your breaking is much reduced.
James
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sorry, you're wrong, the diff, whilst the intension is to allow the wheels to move at differing speed around a corner, is not perfect, the diff has a natural resistance to spinning the wheels at differing speeds which causes some slip of the tires on the surface
off power, front one-ways allow both front wheels to spin completely indepentantly of eachother at whatever speed they need to, as correctly stated, into a corner, the front wheels free wheel like a 2wd, then as the power is applied, the front one way acts like a spool
you're right about one ways giving you more steering because of the free wheeling nature, but its a combination of the braking and the diff resistance, which is why a centre one-way is seen as an in-between option, though thinking about it now, i personally cant see any benefit in running a centre oneway, u lose your braking, and u wouldnt gain much in the turns, but thats for my driving style, i use a lot of drag brake, and i dont ever use front one-ways