Re: Diffy Go Boom

From: Josh Battles (josh.lists@omg-stfu.com)
Date: Sun Dec 11 2005 - 21:15:46 EST


On Sun, December 11, 2005 4:59 pm, Gary Hedlin wrote:
>
> 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. If something that adrupt happens, you would think either
> the neutral saftey switch would kick in, or the trans just puke. And
> looking at the pics of the shattered diff and knowing you had pieces
> locking the axle up, I don't think the trans is the problem. If the
> differential cant spin, the driveshaft cant spin, so obviously your
> trans wont work.

You're misunderstanding what the neutral safety switch does.

http://www.prestolite.com/pgs_training/training_4.php

Some vehicles are equipped with a neutral safety switch. If the vehicle is in
gear when the key is turned, the neutral safety switch blocks the signal to
the batteries, so the engine doesn't start cranking. Otherwise, the vehicle
could jump forward or backward when the key is turned.

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- Josh
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