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Originally Posted by mad_max_500cc

wait a second its an open differential and you apply the brake to stop or slow one side to turn. if tou are in a low traction situation on one side only all the power will naturaly want to go to that side so the trick is to apply the brake on that side to get power to transfer to the other side. normaly across hard ground where all 6 wheels have traction the power will be split almost evenly due to the differential also i noticed another thing with open differentials that seems the same as an argo when one side looses traction and starts to spin the differental causes the spinning wheels to go twice the speed.but half the torque so tecnicaly isnt it an open diff? im by no means an argo guy (i live in buffalo and its max country) i just dont have any experience with argos. i know how a max t-20 works and have rebuilt several for people and it has true 6 wheel drive even when one side is in the mud and the other has traction all 6 have full power! this has come to my advantage plenty of times! but an experienced argo driver with creative stick work can over come this disadvantage quite nicely! please correct me if im wrong id like to learn more abought (the other guys) trans if i can. im an auto tecnition by trade(and one of my favorite things is trans work) and love to figure out how stuff works

You have the theory correct, but it actually operates a bit different!

If I get one side in a rut, and that side has no traction, only the force of the tires swimming on that side. The other side on dry ground, with total traction. If I apply braking power to the side with no traction, then the traction side will force a turn twards the side with no traction! There for I had to learn to apply the most braking power on the side with traction to go straight.
Look at how I steer in this video. Check out the about 34sec mark, and again at 3:35sec. You will notice i have to brake on the side that starts to gain traction as I exit the mud, and in a long mud pit I have to do the same to keep straight.

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