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Originally Posted by Alastor

That video was awesome in that they actually built the differential and showed the purpouse of each mechanize. They definitely need one for an LSD.

On a modern open differential is it still common practice to connector the drive shaft to one of the half shafts? Or is the power sent to the differential itself and then split through the gears?

I ask because in my two RWD vehicles if I break the rear end loose while traveling straight they always want to rotate the same direction. So they are very easy to rotate counter-clockwise but it is a lot more work to go clockwise. If that is still common practice it would explain this behavior.

I have wondered this also sometimes, but on fwd cars.
Since there are some snow up here the amount of hand-break slides is high.
There also i feel the the counter-clockwise direction is the easiest way.
I have often thought that your position in the car (left side for me) makes it psychological easier to go around counter clockwise. I also feel that I have more control going counter clockwise doing a hand break slide.

Though, I also have a RWD car with an LSD, which is used in winter time. The difference disappears on that car. It's very easy to go around, both ways.