RE: RE: LSD in light snow

From: Greig, Doug (douggr@hazelett.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 15:44:16 EST


   What about the new Gearless Locker from Detroit. Has anyone tried one of
these? Does a locker wear out your rear tires faster than normal? ( and I
don't mean from the need to keep your foot buried to the floor). As far as
the limited slip in the snow... I LOVE IT! I've driven many other pickups in
the snow, and all with open diffs. Bob was right, it's just different in the
way you will drive. I would definitely recommend it...

 Doug Greig
 98 CC V6 4X4 Sport
 South Burlington Vermont
  "12 inches of snow yesterday, and the Dakota Loves it!!!!"

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Cash, Robert B. [SMTP:RCash@AHSS.ORG]
        Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:21 PM
        To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
        Subject: DML: RE: LSD in light snow

        Hi Ryan,
          It's not that it's more difficult, it's just different. You will
find
        that on all but the most slippery conditions, the LSD will help you
maintian
        better control of the vehicle. Limited Slip used to be expresssed
by
        percentage of slip. The 'tighter' the diff, the more resistive it
would be
        to spin only one tire, but if it was a disk type, the disks would
wear out
        quicker. As with anything that performs its job with friction,
these diffs
        will wear and loosen up over time.

        You say that you are a bit interested in hooking up better on
pavement.
        Have you ever considered a locker? Then, there would never be any
doubt,
        both tires would never spin slower than the drve shaft, and
powertrax's unit
        can take a beating, (I think they quoted 1000 horsepower). There
again,
        different technique to driving, but unlike the LSD, it would never
ever wear
        out. If you might consider this route, go open diff from the
factory and
        then shell out the ~300 bucks for the unit that you can install
yourself
        with hand tools. A locker would give you the same feeling back there
as
        having a spool in snow, the locker tends to cause a little
understeer while
        on the gas on pavement, like I said, not difficult, just different.

        hope this helps,
          Bob Cash
          98 4X4 5.2L
          DAK2K 4X4 4.7L

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Ryan Rodgers [mailto:rodgers_ryan@hotmail.com]
        Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:54 PM
        To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
        Subject: DML: LSD in light snow

        Sorry if this has been covered before, but being new to the list I
would
        like some input before I purchase my Dak in the Spring. I live in
Northern
        Ohio, where we ocassionally get 2-3" of snow on the average roadway
in the
        winter. The S-10 I will be replacing does not have a LSD
differential, and
        for the most part I do ok in the snow. The right tire spins a lot,
        especially on wet pavement, but I've never gotten it completely
stuck. I
        know that getting the LSD on the Dak would help with traction, but
how will
        it make the truck handle in the snow? I'm confident in my abilities
to
        control a vehicle when the back end gets loose and would like to
know how
        the LSD would affect my performance in light snow. Also, the Dak I
will be
        getting will have the 4.7L 2wd with 3.92 rear end. I assume that
the LSD
        would help it hook up a little better in good weather, but I'm
curious as to

        the effects of an LSD on wet pavement, snow, and ice. One other
point to
        consider is that hopefully in the next year I will be moving to
Texas. Yes,

        I realize that makes me a GDYankee, but my wife was born and raised
for the
        1st half of her life in Dallas and she wants to go home. :) Me, I
just want

        out of the snow. Many things I've read say that getting the LSD is
the way
        to go, but I've run across the occasional opinion that it makes
driving in
        the snow more difficult. Any thoughts, feel free to email me
directly as
        well. Thanks.
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