I know this is going to open up a can of worms, but I have seen this done a long time ago but cannot remember or find anything on the web about this. What can be done to the suspension on a car with an open differential (one wheel spins) to get both wheels to spin from take off? Remove spring, or shock.....What? I know it can be done so please do not say it can't. Anyone?

 

Lincoln locker

 

Spool?

 

Let me be clear. No modification to the differential, just the suspension.

 

Ummmmm in order to make them both spin you need no traction to either wheel or a lot of traction so it doesn't spin.

 

Mine used to do it all the time in my 04 before I put in the locker, then it went out LOL.

 

Welding the spider gears is the only way to make an open diff spin both that I know of, but then you have a spool and you're gonna eat the hell out of your tires if it's a street truck.

 

If traction is equal, and you're going in a straight line, and you have enough torque, both tires will spin. Otherwise the tire with the least traction will spin.

Years ago, when spinning just one wheel in the mud (off-roading), I'd keep the throttle even then start to apply the parking brake. It would slow down the spinning wheel, and transfer the power to the other side. Poor man's locker.

I've never heard of any suspension work that can change the mechanical nature of an open differential.

 

I made my open diff burnout both the other day. Just power braked it the first few hundred RPMs and then let off the brake. I looked back and was shocked to see TWO black marks .

 

Everyone seems to be missing the point. "SUSPENSION CHANGES"