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Originally Posted by alkaline747trio
NaterGator...its not quite the same. An e-locked front end is a spooled front end. The autolocker on the other hand, can release each side to spin at different RPMs but they both must be faster than the pinion. The open center diff allows both axles to spin freely of eachother, but one must be atleast the speed of the input shaft RPM.
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Well, it sorta is, sorta isn't. From my understanding an autolocker will lock once positive torque is applied from the pinion and there is a difference in angular velocity between the L and R shafts.
To get to the root of your question, the arc taken by the front axle is negligibly different from that of the rear axle, especially compared to the difference of the inside wheel to the outside. The center diff is going to be the least of your problems....
There is a differential equation (no pun intended) that describes the motion of both, but suffice it to say that the L&R front wheel speeds differ much more than the front/rear pinion speed.