looking at an ecoboost couple of questions
I am looking at a 2013 f150 ecoboost. For those that may already have one I have a couple of questions. 1- Some trucks have a 3.31 electronic locking rear axle, others have a 3.31 regular axle. Oth...
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APT wrote:Lessmore wrote:
Over the 10 years I had it...the locker made the whole vehicle slide out in a nano second....on a couple of occasions when I hit unseen glare ice. Those automatic lockers can be lethal in ice country.
Different strokes. I still rather have two wheels driven instead of one in any low traction situation. While that is riskier to lose control of the back end, it also allows a higher level of control and acceleration.
I have a T-shirt from college auto club. "If you can't make the turn, drive sideways"
I don't disagree with you. I prefer to have two wheels driven in a low traction situation too.
But my preference is to be able to control whether the traction device is switched on or off, by the operator of the vehicle.
I remember years ago there was an ARB locker system. I could be wrong but believe you could switch the locker on and off from a switch on the dash.
I like locking drive axles...also limited slip drive axles. But do prefer the action of a locker.
Traction is always good.
Les
