looking at an ecoboost couple of questions

Lessmore wrote:

Thanks for info. I haven't kept upwith a lot of changes that have taken place in traction assist in the last while.

My locker was the Eaton G 80 locker that was available in GM trucks. I don't know if GM now has an electric on/off switch for their locker.
That would be something I wouldn't mind having.

Sideways can be fun. In my younger years....with RWD vehicles I used to love steering by the rear wheel/wheels..... motorcycles and 4-6 wheelers .;)

Les

You are sure welcome, Les.

It's been a while for me too, so I learned when you mentioned the sophisticated Eaton G 80 locker. I found a good animation, Inside the Eaton G80 Locker, on this differential. It appears much superior to the old spring clutches of Ford Trac-Lok and GM Positraction, but probably not as smooth on glare ice as a "good" True-Trac or "best" air/electric locker.

I also stumbled across an excellent animation of the Torsen, Exploded View - Inside the Eaton TrueTrac Differential.

A bit off subject, but have you raced on ice with studded bikes? Amazing traction, better than dirt.



I wonder if these studs would work on a pick-up? I've used standard-studded Mud-&-Snow tires to great success on-road in the past. They were used on all tires on a 4x4 Mazda (think Ford Ranger) and completely alleviated the rear diff Trac-Lok problem on glare ice. With this little Mazda, I towed a small car on a flatbed (in 2WD/Trac-Lok) from Massachusetts to ND, lots of glare ice after a major storm, no problem.

Wes
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