Powertrax No-Slip installation: FINAL COMMENT

From : willemjan markerink

Q: rmorgan7@austin.rr.com ron m. wrote in first i want to thank all you guys for your advice and encouragement. i could not have done this without you. literally. in my case theres really not a down side. it works perfectly. note here im talking about the powertrax no-slip and not the powertrax lock-right. the no-slip releases the inside wheel during turns which eliminates the problems tire chirping jerking etc. associated with driving lockers on the street. when not turning however it locks up absolutely rock solid. where did you get this outside-wheel-driven explanation from its not that i dont want to believe you but this reverse concept of freewheeling is much harder to visualize in particulary what happens after you pull straight again *and* what would happen if you lost traction on the outside wheel....that outside wheel is already going faster than the inside wheel so there is no incentive for it to lock to the other side once it starts spinning even harder because of traction loss.... for the moment i wont venture in the reversing or overrun/engine-brake situation....that only grows more grey hairs....; -- bye willem-jan markerink the desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand w.j.markerink@a1.nl note a-one & en-el! .

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From : ron m

w.j.markerink@a1.nl says... where did you get this outside-wheel-driven explanation from sounds confused. seems to me the inside wheel would be driving while the outside wheel releases. unless decelerating. under engine braking the inverse situation can occur. maybe thats where the confusion came from since thats how it was being was tested. i saw some very nice graphics of the guts on the powertrax web site. it really isnt all that complicated. i dont know maybe i got it wrong. in any case it works. i was out at the hunting lease this past weekend and pushed it to the max. tires are 265/70/17 bf goodrich t/a kos. it worked great; i plowed right through some pretty ugly-looking muddy stretches on the ranch road places where i would have gotten stuck instantly with the old open differential. later i did get stuck trying to cut across a pasture; there was a low spot where there was standing water in some knee-deep grass. the ground under the water had the consistency of mashed potatoes. whooomp! ...it sunk down to the axles. we pulled the truck out with a big farm tractor. mind you there is a limit. even locked its still just 2wd. id still throw a shovel and maybe a 2x12 in the back to stick under a wheel. but for your typical muddy ruts after a recent rain situation it really works. ron m. .

From : ol duffer

w.j.markerink@a1.nl says... where did you get this outside-wheel-driven explanation from sounds confused. seems to me the inside wheel would be driving while the outside wheel releases. unless decelerating. under engine braking the inverse situation can occur. maybe thats where the confusion came from since thats how it was being was tested. i saw some very nice graphics of the guts on the powertrax web site. it really isnt all that complicated. .