My "other" Isuzu, well, Honda lol

[Bob Barker]

I'm an idiot. I don't understand how that works. It looks like nothing will be able to turn inside the case. How?

[PK]

I'm an idiot. I don't understand how that works. It looks like nothing will be able to turn inside the case. How?

That is the idea Bob, nothing inside the spider gears can turn, so the differential function is "locked".
It becomes a straight reduction gear unit and both axle shafts turn at the exact same speed.
You can only do it if you have free wheeling hubs for when you are on the hard surfaces.

Very hard on the drive train when you turn a corner - one tyre has to skid or something breaks, but very effective in mud, or when you have 1 wheel off the ground.

PK

[RamAirZ]

Ya PK got it. The whole case is what rotates so with the spider gears welded together, both axles will rotate at the same speed and direction as the case at the same time. And thanks PK, I knew you were messing around, but it did look pretty ugly lol. I told Justin if it breaks, I need to quit 4-wheelin