I have a question. I am primarily a Stryker mechanic and most of my knowledge comes from military vehicles. Well upon finishing up an inspection on my brakes this past weekend I was putting the wheels pack on and as I was putting the lugs on Naturally the wheel starting turning to indicating that they are tight and I need to lower the vehicle to torque.

Well I noticed the wheel on the other side was spinning the opposite direction. I thought is was odd but figured there was some other term for it. Well I want a lil more education of this now. My Strykers don't do that the wheels will spin in the same direction. Why would this one spin opposite with no load.

Jeep drives fine if this is not the way it is supposed to work lol.

 

its your open diff that makes it do that, ya know the lil spider gears in it.

 

it's normal

 

The differentials are open differentials.

It's completely normal.

From the title I thought this thread was gonna be about Spinaz....:ghetto:

 

yup normal - all cars with an open diff.. thats the test to see if you have a posi or not.

 

had the same thought myself

 

So if they have posi they turn the same direction?

 

 

Thanks I had a feeling it was normal but was looking for the proper term so If I talk about it the future I can sound more smarter like you guys.

 

Yes, but not the same speed.

 

thats very true - and if you hold on to the one it won't spin - its what allows you to go around a corner and have each wheel go a differnt speed then the other.

 

Good description of the difference in what to look for when deciding if you have a LSD vs open diff.