
What Is a Rear Differential?
What is a rear differential? It’s what creates a smooth turn for rear-wheel-drive vehicles, and certain clues can tell you when it needs to be checked out.
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What is a rear differential? It’s what creates a smooth turn for rear-wheel-drive vehicles, and certain clues can tell you when it needs to be checked out.
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Learn how a car’s eLSD works and how it benefits your car’s traction on wet or icy roads.
Here’s how to identify common problems with differentials, so you can repair your vehicle well before your wheels stop turning.
Some types of car differentials are designed to simply allow for wheel slip, while others are designed to counteract it or even accentuate it.