On Dec 11, 2005, at 17:59, Gary Hedlin wrote:
>
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
>> As far as the rest of the drivetrain goes, having the diff grenade
>> in such a fashion as to lock everything up would be the same as just
>> mashing the brakes and locking up both rear tires, right?
with one BIG difference: in a burnout you're hard on the gas. if you
slam on the brakes you're off the gas with MUCH less stress on the
driveline.
>
> Thats kinda my feeling too, but I was equating it to driving down the
> road and doing something like driving down the road and just slamming
> it in reverse.
seems more along the right lines to me as far as stresses involved.
> If something that adrupt happens, you would think either the neutral
> saftey switch would kick in, or the trans just puke.
I've seen you mention this twice Gary. What's thie neutral safety
switch? The only NSS I know of is in a manual transmission that checks
to see if the trans is in neutral or the clutch pressed versus in gear.
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