Bill is running his first fundraiser in over two years. If you have a bit of extra coin to spare for the guy who coined the term “blogosphere” and who stands on principle in very much the same way I do — pissing off the same types of people in the process — please go help out. I’ll be making a donation myself. As soon as I fish my wallet out of the flood waters. And maybe after an omelet and some juice and coffee.
On a side note, I had to have a rear differential motor replaced in one of our Jeeps, so I’ll be out for a while today picking that up, now that the repair is complete. When I return, though, somebody is going to have to pay for getting my dander up. And for all this goddamn rain.
I have no idea what a rear differential motor is, and I’m a car guy. Must be some newfangled thingy.
It’s part of the electronic stability control and is dependent upon vehicle mode/height. The Trailhawk allows a number of condition-specific configurations, and that is usually determined automatically by sensors.
In certain off-road modes, the rear differential is locked automatically. The motor to lock wasn’t registering the request.
Or something like that.
Levin cuts the surrender GOP establishment, right along with the lunatic left, to the quick .
Thanks, Jeff. That makes sense.
Just for grins, because this thread is likely done.
There are many ways to achieve an effectively locked differential, with respect to forward motion. One is to weld the gears in the differential. Another is to replace with differential with a spool. Both of those ways are permanent and rarely used outside of drag racing. There are also posi-traction and the Detroit locker. Posi-traction uses spring-loaded clutches to provide some degree of slip so the vehicle can negotiate turns without dragging the outside tire. The Detroit locker uses ratcheting to accomplish the same thing (quite noisily). I doubt it would work properly in reverse, but I don’t know.
There is also the Gleason-Torsen. I think it’s the best of all, as it doesn’t fully lock but instead distributes torque such that the wheel with greater traction gets more of it (rather than just locking the differential). It’s also likely more expensive than a solution employing a motorized locking device.