4wheel drive

[95_stroker]

I know on our trucks if you have the front end in the air with the 4x4 locked..........turn one wheel and the other turns in the opposite direction.

Would lockers both turn in the same direction if you did this?


Tbar

Yes.

 

[Fine69]

I know on our trucks if you have the front end in the air with the 4x4 locked..........turn one wheel and the other turns in the opposite direction.

Would lockers both turn in the same direction if you did this?


Tbar

Yes, they would both spin the same direction if you had a locker or spool.

 

[JLDickmon]

man am i EVER confused....

realizing the "hubs" (when locked) lock to the axles...i thought the
axles were locked to the diff....and when i tossed the switch (or throw
the lever) that the xfer case then locked to the diff.

well, to a point.
a differential is a "speed averaging device"
let's say you're driving around downtown and make a right turn onto Main St from Washington, and your speedometer reads 6mph...
your right tire made that turn at 3mph, and your left tire made it at 9mph...
the right tire had to cover less ground in the same amount of time, then the left tire, which had to complete a larger arc.

 

[DaveBen]

YES Tbar they will. That is why they are called lockers, they lock both axle together.

Dave

 

[bushpilot]

well, to a point.
a differential is a "speed averaging device"
let's say you're driving around downtown and make a right turn onto Main St from Washington, and your speedometer reads 6mph...
your right tire made that turn at 3mph, and your left tire made it at 9mph...
the right tire had to cover less ground in the same amount of time, then the left tire, which had to complete a larger arc.

i never go down washington street

 

[JLDickmon]

i never go down washington street

When you're on Martin Luther King Blvd, you know you in a bad part of town.

 

[Crumm]

Its fine in snow but dry pavement I have to put in 2wd to make turns

4x4 is fine on snow but not on dry pavement. Tight turns on dry pavement in 4wd will cause drive-train binding with both open differential or locked differential. Use 2wd when 4wd is not needed such as on dry pavement, this is why they put a switch in the cab.

 

[trackspeeder]

When you're on Martin Luther King Blvd, you know you in a bad part of town.