hey bernd :o)
just driving....no rec meds here....although i'd never pass the barry bonds /
a-rod test :o)
bob
In article <001001c9b17a$d2fe56e0$65b1fd0a@mhdcjgt.local>,
bernd@dodgetrucks.org ("Bernd D. Ratsch") writes:
>
>
> You're bored....or seriously medicated. :P
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bocd@optonline.net [mailto:bocd@optonline.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:52 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Is my LSD broke?
>
>
> when you look up in the sky are the trees and clouds very sharply outlined?
>
> is your heart racing?
>
> are you feeling jacked up?
>
> are you hearing your colors?
>
> if yes.....your lsd is working fine..
>
> if not take 2 hits tomorrow instead of one :o)
>
> someone had to do it.....well mighta well been me right?
>
> haha
>
> bob
>
>
>
> In article <001801c9b171$8ca404f0$65b1fd0a@mhdcjgt.local>,
> bernd@dodgetrucks.org ("Bernd D. Ratsch") writes:
> >
> >
> > The LSD (Trac-Lok) diffs are designed to give power to the wheel with
> > the most traction. The slipping wheel won't get much power to prevent
> > slipping
> > (hence: Anti-Spin).
> >
> > You can, however, get the diff to lock by lightly applying the brakes
> > while moving.
> >
> > One thing though...if the clips in the clutch pack break (which
> > happens quite often on the 9.25" diffs), you'll also get the same
> > symptoms like you are describing.
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Gersic [mailto:info@zaccaria-pinball.com]
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:30 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: Is my LSD broke?
> >
> >
> > I got stuck in the snow yesterday. One problem was that the 4WD is
> > dead, but I'm pretty sure that that's an electrical issue. But the LSD
> > isn't electrical.
> >
> > What we got, starting Saturday afternoon was rain, changing over to
> > sleet and freezing rain, changing over to snow overnight. By Sunday
> > morning, what was on the ground was about 1" of watery slush topped
> > with 6-7" of snow. The air temp was just below freezing, so the snow was
> the heavy wet stuff.
> >
> > I backed out of the driveway ok and swung around to about a 45 degree
> angle.
> >
> > Put the truck in 1st, and stuck there. If I gave it any gas, one wheel
> > or the other would spin, and the whole truck would slide sideways down
> > the road crown toward the curb, but no forward motion at all. I could
> > even spin one wheel by just putting it in 1st gear (manual trans) and
> > letting in the clutch.
> >
> > With an LSD (confirmed both by the "Trac Loc" sticker on the rear
> > axel, and the "spin the wheels by hand" test, shouldn't I have been
> > getting power to the non-turning wheel, rather than just spinning the one
> that's slipping?
> >
> > Is there a minimum torque that the spinning wheel has to have applied
> > to get the clutches to engage on the other (non-spinning) wheel?
> >
> > This stuff was slippery enough that I could push the rear end of the
> > truck sideways by myself. I did this to get it closer to straight,
> > shoveled out the rear wheels, and got about 5' further down the street
> > before sliding sideways to the curb again. It took four attempts like
> > this just to get moving forward with any momentum.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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