Abstract: A differential apparatus includes a differential casing, a pair of output side gears, a pair of output shafts connected to the output side gears, four pairs of long and short accommodating bores formed in the differential casing and long and short pinion gears accommodated in the accommodating bores. In arrangement, these pairs of accommodating bores are divided equally in the circumferential direction of the differential casing. The output shafts are prevented from slipping out of the differential casing by C-shaped clips. These accommodating bores are arranged so that, between two neighboring pairs of accommodating bores in the circumferential direction, the short accommodating bore in the one pair adjoins the short accommodating bore of the other pair. The differential casing is provided with an elongated hole which substantially bridges the adjoining short accommodating bores.

Abstract: A differential is disclosed for driving the steering wheels of a multi-wheel-drive vehicle, including holdout rings for maintaining in a disengaged condition an output shaft that overruns an associated output shaft by a given amount. In order to decrease the turning radius of the vehicle, the lug portions on one holdout ring are angularly displaced relative to the lug portions on the other holdout ring, whereby the overrunning output shaft is maintained in a disengaged condition during a sharp turn that produces overrunning of the output shaft above a given value.