Raptor crashed into pool...
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Raptor crashed into pool...
Unfortunately, there's no video of the actual crash, but there is this crazy photo of the aftermath. According to the HP, the Raptor rolled off a truck while it was being unloaded, but details are pretty scarce...
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Curious if this is related? Video Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=P5mT-lpewAc
Weird - is there a parking pawl on the transmission, as God intended?
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Apparently, she was inside, but not driving. What the hell she was doing inside a truck that was being unloaded, I have no idea.
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Yes, there is. If they showed the other side of the truck you'd see that the rear wheel was turning in the opposite direction. That's how an open differential works. If the pinion is held (that's what the parking pawl in the transmission does) then the spider gears in the diff "walk" around the stationary pinion gear. This allows both axles to rotate but in opposite directions.
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Yes, there is. If they showed the other side of the truck you'd see that the rear wheel was turning in the opposite direction. That's how an open differential works. If the pinion is held (that's what the parking pawl in the transmission does) then the spider gears in the diff "walk" around the stationary pinion gear. This allows both axles to rotate but in opposite directions.
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This is nothing more then one of those sensationalist videos meant to scare soccer moms that have not idea of anything mechanical.
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Then obviously you have no idea how an open differential works and how it would in fact be different from a locking differential that WOULD stop the wheels from turning while in park. IF the video maker had been honest he would have showed you the driveshaft that was in fact NOT turning.
This is nothing more then one of those sensationalist videos meant to scare soccer moms that have not idea of anything mechanical.
This is nothing more then one of those sensationalist videos meant to scare soccer moms that have not idea of anything mechanical.
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If you put either rear wheel on a slippery surface, PARK will do you little good as the wheel on the solid surface will just roll in the direction of gravity.
Hang around public boat ramps a while and watch as the truck, trailer and boat all coast backwards into the lake with the owner riding helplessly on the tongue of the trailer trying to winch (launch) his boat into the water... A couple guys here on FTE have had it happen to them even.
Gotta use 4WD and preferably use the Parking Brake in addition to the Park pawl....
Hang around public boat ramps a while and watch as the truck, trailer and boat all coast backwards into the lake with the owner riding helplessly on the tongue of the trailer trying to winch (launch) his boat into the water... A couple guys here on FTE have had it happen to them even.
Gotta use 4WD and preferably use the Parking Brake in addition to the Park pawl....
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Otherwise, what would be the point of the e-brake, right?
