standard trany domanit wheel drive??

[Ken Potter]

HI Guys,
Say, On a standard trany zx-2 1998 is there one wheel on the front that is the dominat wheel. What Im asking in another way of asking, does one wheel tend to pull more than the other. Yes limited slip diff but is one side more dominate than the other?? Im thinking its the right front wheel that is pulling more than the left front.

[random_hero]

Get a friend to videotape, pull the ebrake,dump the clutch, watch which wheel spins. The post the aftermath here.

[pinkshinyalan]

There shouldn't be a significant "dominance" between the drive wheels, since we've got equal-length halfshafts.

I'm having trouble understanding you. Do you have limited slip? If so, you should definitely not have a more dominant wheel.

[inis]

passenger side is, you only notice this if you drive the piss out of your car though.

[zxtuner98]

My driver side tire seems like the dominant one. If i need to get out of somewhere fast, its wet[360 treadwear! ftl/w] , or snow the driver side breakes loose.

[Ken Potter]

Sounds like zxtuner98 and inis are saying the same thing with their responce. Yes im talking when you drive the Piss out of it. I have heard even with cars that supposable have limited slip that there is still a side of the car that pulls more than the other. If its pulling more then the other side is being limited hence limited slip. Its usually the side of the car the motor sits on that gives you more pulling capicity and its not due to weight. Our right front has most of our motor so this makes sence that the right front is the prodomint drive wheel.

[ZX2Fast]

We have an open differential. The side with the least traction gets all the torque.

[joshalabama]

We have an open differential. The side with the least traction gets all the torque.


Finally lol. QFT

[mechtech]

Whichever side has greater speed will get the power flow.
Wheel spinning is one way, but simply taking turns is the most common, and is the reason for having differentials.
It may be that one side spins more than the other on a regular basis, but bushing compliance and alignment , or tire size or wear, would be the final factor that slants the equation. It could go either way. My driver's side seems to let go first, I dunno...

[zxtuner98]

Whichever side has greater speed will get the power flow.
Wheel spinning is one way, but simply taking turns is the most common, and is the reason for having differentials.
It may be that one side spins more than the other on a regular basis, but bushing compliance and alignment , or tire size or wear, would be the final factor that slants the equation. It could go either way. My driver's side seems to let go first, I dunno...

yeah, same as i said. which makes sense. the motors weight is mainly on the pass. side of the car. Giving the driver side the least traction.

[iceracer]

The weight on the front wheels is nearly equal and the driver adds weight to the left wheel. As Fast said the wheel with the least traction will spin . In a corner the inside wheel tends to spin due to the car leaning which reduces the weight on that wheel.
So no we do not have a dominate wheel. With the transverse engine we get no torque lift like straight axle rear drive cars do.

[Ken Potter]

Ok thanks guys. Verdict is in it sounds like.