Regular Axle vs others
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Thanks Robbgt. I think I understand. With a regular axle, when I engage 4 wheel drive, only one rear wheel and one front wheel are pulling, right? And since I don't have limited slip, the pulling wheels do not switch back and forth when they bite.
Thanks for your patience. I am old and my processors are outdated.
Thanks for your patience. I am old and my processors are outdated.
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Thanks Robbgt. I think I understand. With a regular axle, when I engage 4 wheel drive, only one rear wheel and one front wheel are pulling, right? And since I don't have limited slip, the pulling wheels do not switch back and forth when they bite.
Thanks for your patience. I am old and my processors are outdated.
Thanks for your patience. I am old and my processors are outdated.
With the electronic locker, you have both rear wheels spinning at the same speed. This can be used at lower speeds if you're stuck. I have an E-locker on my truck and in 50k miles, I've used it a handful of times (mainly in deep snow)
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When you need it you need it. But ask yourself how often do you anticipate you will be driving around in wet slippery stuff or at the beach. If the answer is seldom you could probably save yourself a few bucks and skip it. Personally though I would not own a truck with an open differential in the rear.
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An open differential splits torque exactly evenly between the two wheels; it does this because the spider gears that connect to the axle shafts are the same size. But the nature of the gearset will not permit uneven torque, so if one wheel slips it is capable of receiving less torque than the other, and the torque to both is reduced evenly. This is why you can get stuck with one wheel on dry pavement; the slipping wheel accelerates without accepting much torque at all, which limits the other wheel.
With an open differential, both wheels are pulling with exactly the same amount of force, which is limited to the one with the least amount of traction.
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Old video but still relevant.
But, even as fast as their wheels are spinning, the Ford E-locker will kick you back into an open diff and still be useless. I believe it kicks out at 35 MPH.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...7lQWtyfTnnEnJ_
But, even as fast as their wheels are spinning, the Ford E-locker will kick you back into an open diff and still be useless. I believe it kicks out at 35 MPH.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...7lQWtyfTnnEnJ_
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could just get stock open and add a mechanical locker to it like a detroit later for 500 bucks
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The parts for the locker alone are more then $500, not to mention gear oil and labor.
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Thanks to all of you for the input. I will definitely buy with an electronic locking axle not a regular axle.
It will probably never be used riding in the sand when surf fishing on the Outer banks but will be comforting when riding the muddy fire trails and rutted up logging roads in the mountains of Virginia.
It will probably never be used riding in the sand when surf fishing on the Outer banks but will be comforting when riding the muddy fire trails and rutted up logging roads in the mountains of Virginia.
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depends on what mechanical locker you get and whats available for that axle, and this stuff is easy to do yourself, no sense paying some guy to instal a locker in a open differential, you dont need to set gears up or anything.
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2013 had the same warning as well:
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9.75 is for the max tow package. Has nothing to do with engine size.