That's interesting. My Dakota with the "anti-spin" axle as far as I
know has both rear wheels locked together at all times. When I jack it
up and spin the rear wheels, both turn the same direction. When I break
traction, both spin equally. Does everyone else's do the same?
Al
TX QC2000 wrote:
>
> I went to a "GMC Truckshow" in Dallas this weekend.
> It was one of those shows where GM invites people to
> test drive their vehicles against the competing models
> from Ford, Dodge, Toyota, etc.
>
> GM had sort of an off-road set-up on one of their test
> loops and they touted something about the LSD on GM
> vehicles that differs from the competition. GM claims
> that their rear differential actually locks the rear
> wheels together 100% upon the slightest loss of
> traction or none at all. GM claimed that the
> competition's LSD takes longer to engage or will not
> engage at all under extreme circumstances.
>
> To prove their point, they had us drive their Tahoes,
> Suburbans, Sonoma's, Sierra trucks, etc. to the top of
> a small hill and then stop when we had at least 1 rear
> wheel and in some cases, 1 front wheel, off the
> ground. Then all of their trucks proceeded to
> effortlessly clear this hill/obstacle in 2wd mode
> (even though we were driving 4x4 vehicles).
>
> The 4x4 Dodge Durango which supposedly had a LSD and
> was engaged in 4wd could not do this unless it was
> backed up and then proceeded forward with some
> momentum. The 4x4 Ford Expedition was lucky to make
> it over at all. The Toyota Sequoia did ok in 4wd,
> depending upon who was driving it (we made it over
> ok). Conspicuously absent at this event was the Dodge
> Dakota, BTW!!
>
> So the pending question for the group is whether GM's
> claim is true or what David Cooperfield magic trick
> they played to make the competition (especially Ford)
> look so bad.
>
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>
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