Electronic Locking rear end ...
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Hindrance? When I first got my SD, I couldnt figure out how to shut it off. with barely a dusting on the road, up a SLIGHT incline...I was spinning. Whenever I use 4x4, it has to come off if I want to be able to go anywhere.
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As I outlined above I have had only two 4WD vehicles, the F150 had both axles limited slip in '95 with only the rear on the F350 in '04, I guess I never had the opportunity to find out if open front and rear would work well...I do use snow tires in winter so I have that working for me...so these trucks do not have anything in play that uses wheel spin and ABS to control the traction or slippage ?
These trucks go extremely well in snow, so long as 4x4 is engaged. They have a more severe front weight bias than a half-ton. An F-150 is able to drive through snow in 2WD that a Super Duty must have 4x4 in use to move, even with snow tires.
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Laughing Gas
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troverman, what is being disengaged? Does it matter that I will have a manual transfer case and manual locking hubs? and from the sound of it what you are referring-to has nothing to do with the Electronic Locking Rear End, correct...
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Which post are you referring to?
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Gotcha, thanks. What I mean is to disengage the electronic traction control. There is a button on the dashboard that allows you to disengage it. One press disengages, a long press disengages stability control. This has nothing to do with manual or auto 4x4, locking or open rear ends. All trucks have this button.
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Laughing Gas
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Thanks, troverman, I will watch for that! am I wanting to do the short press or the long press to disengage both traction control and stability control ?
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The truth is you can never *fully* disengage stability control, but short press shuts off traction control - throttle intervention; long press shuts down stability control - brake intervention. Sometimes the short press helps. Fully turning it off by a long press also means the anti-skid portion of stability control is reduced. Low range will notify you via the message center that stability control is off.
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Let me edit this... according to the manual, it lowers sensitivity all around. It’s very noticeable that throttle control is not used as much.
Mountain Pass
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I am actually in the process of building an elocker to replace my current grizzly locker (a Detroit copycat) for my trail rig. The elocker is lightyears better. I have never met anyone who, having had both, prefers the detroit or trutrac over an elocker in the rear, and I do a lot of serious 4X4ing. Front axle is a different story, the elocker can be a challenge.
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I have auto lockers in the rear of all three of my vehicles, they are hardly noticeable on the street, they don't push the truck around at all. A locked rear with an open front does great in the snow also. For the rear I much prefer an auto locker over a selectable.