Front wheels spin slower then rear

[lubbes07]

I was up wheelin today and i noticed that my front wheels spin slower then my rear wheels do in four wheel low in about 6 ft of snow. i heard that the front is supposed to spin faster and pull u threw, but mine wasnt. I thought it might be the gear are different. but it doesnt drive different in 4wheel drive on pavement so it shoudlnt be the gears, should it?wat might this be?:Help:

[KToy]

need more info man

are u locked front and rear,? have u ever pulled the diffs out?


what axles do u got?

give us a bit more info

[lubbes07]

the front end is spinning and there the stock axels. i have never pulled the diffs, who knows about previous owners. not quiet sure wat gears, startign to think 5:29's. i hope this is enough info, if need more just post it

[1985toyota]

And its WELDED up front.....i think that may be your consern

[KToy]

u got stock axles huh. so do u ride on the axles or do u have a vehicle that sits aboe the axles LOL


if ur locked in the front and not in the rear that is ur problem or all i can tell u is ur gear set is off

[1985toyota]

im pretty sure his problem is that he is locked (fully welded) in the front and not in the rear

[NavyDood]

You need to put the crack pipe down. Or better yet, pass it this way so i can understand everything in this thread. :D

If you don't know what gears you have or if you have a locker or not, then try these things...

1. Jack the front, spin one tire, tell us what happens to the other tire. Do the same for the rear.
2. Put the truck in 4wheel drive on dry pavement steering straight. Does it drive normal?

How do you know the fronts are spinning slower than the rear?
Did you have your head out the window? Or did someone tell you this? If you have open diffs, it doesn't suprise me if you noticed the front spinning slower than the rear. You prolly saw the rear spinning away and the front on the same side either not moving or moving slowly. The other side of the front would have been spinning the same as the rear you saw spinning away.

[Klif01]

I have a spooled rear and it was anoying with the open front. On slick rock the rear would spin one speed and one front wheel would take off a lot faster because of the diff. I a front locker. But that is most likely your problem, you look at your front left tire and its spinning one speed, exact same as the front right, then the rear because it has less traction on one side would be spinning faster than the other side. Hope that makes sense.

[lubbes07]

i know for a fact that the front end is welded and 5:29 gears. I had someone video camming me wheelin and i was watching my video and i noticed it.it drives normal on the high way, ive tried it, that was the first thing i tried. I know for a fact i am not locked in the rear end. and i went up wheelin again and someone noticed it again, the front barely spins when the rear is spinning pretty good. and the front is welded so they would spin at the same time, so i dunno,

[Ghetto]

I would say that you do not have different gears in the front than the back. It is very noticeable. If you drive on the street the tires would be chirpping no matter how slow you go. Even in a staight line. I pulled my truck out of the garage with different ratios front and rear once and after only about 15 feet it was very obvious something was very wrong.
If your tires looed like they were turning different speeds that is all it was, it looked like it. Your driveshafts are turning the same speed. You have the same gears multiplying the same amount of revolutions. Just do the math. There is nothing in your diff that is magically going to make it spin faster than the rear just because it doesn't have a locker in it. Hope that helps. Just a thought though welds can break, could that be a problem?

[toy283]

It boils down to this, the front tires are spinning at the same speed because they're locked/welded. The rear tires average speed is also the same speed as the front. However, since the rear is open, one tire is turning slower than the average (or stopped altogether), the other tire is turning faster than the average (or as much as twice as fast).

[1985toyota]

Makes Great Sence to me ive tried telling him that sevral times, to bad he just blew out his rear end!

[lubbes07]

ya i knew it was goin out but trying to pull my brother out of the creek i think finished off the axel

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by toy283
It boils down to this, the front tires are spinning at the same speed because they're locked/welded. The rear tires average speed is also the same speed as the front. However, since the rear is open, one tire is turning slower than the average (or stopped altogether), the other tire is turning faster than the average (or as much as twice as fast).

Bingo!

You rear tire can "potentially" spin twice the speed indicated on your speedometer, this would be the case if you were doing a one-wheel burnout... the diff allows the power to be transmitted to either side, you are noticing the side getting more power (probaby has/had less traction)