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Originally posted by D.Viddy
When steering, the drive system is locked so there will be no back drive. The wheels only options are to slip.
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How does it lock, exactly?
When you rotate the wheel module, the wheels will want to spin in opposite directions. Were they equidistant from the point of rotation, the torque applied to the drive shaft would cancel itself out. By that picture, however, it appears as if your point of rotation is not in the center. Thus, one wheel must travel a greater arc length than the other to complete a wheel module turn. As a result of that, one wheel will apply more torque to the shaft than the other and it won't balance out. This will back drive the motor and twist the shift.
It may be insignificant. It may not be. Just a head's up.