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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
I Agree with your complaints about suspension geometry.
Also, The suspension on this seems to indicate a purpose of driving over varied terrain. With the completely open differential on there, the wheel with less resistance (often in the air, not making any contact) will get all of the rotation, leaving a torque on the static wheel equivalent to just the friction in the differential.
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The suspension Appears to actually a three bar linkage with the link from the wheel bearing retainer to the differential frame being a spring loaded variable length link (possibly a gas shock). The u-joint is simply the joint between two links. It would benefit from more support, but the geometry should still work.
Also, by linking the axles with a slip clutch between the output gears of the differential the static wheel issue could be resolved. Like
this. basically it's a primitive version of the limited slip differential.