Traction lok doesnt mess with turning in slippery conditions as long as you know the most basic driving skills. All of this may be out the window anyway....i hate to say it but i may be going to test drive a new grand cherokee...they are dealing pretty good on the things around here.
Thats interesting Tony. Did not realize the newer expys now only came with traction control and open differentials. Makes sense though. Sounds like it would be preferable to traction lock.
Traction lock is effective at making sure both wheels get power but this is not always good while turning in slippery conditions. Can lead to severe oversteer. (2wd)
Did not say it will!
So I disagree and stand by my statement. Unless the most basic driving skills your are mentioning is simply staying out of the throttle whenever you turn. Now decent traction in the rain and there should be no issue if driven reasonably. But again if you have a slippery intersection or snow / ice the rear can go around quickly with light throttle specially in a turn. The traction lock resist speed differential between the two wheels which makes the likelyhood the inside wheel will spin much higher. In fords case it uses a series of clutches on the spider gears that drive the axles. These clutches must slip in order for the tires to spin at different rates. (turning). This can more or less effectively lock them together if traction is poor making for an intersting ride. Yes you can get off the gas as soon as you feel it start to come around but this does not happen with an open differential. It will just spin the wheel with no traction.
This is much more apparent in a mustang with the light rearend. I have had intersections in the rain where I could give it basically no amount of throttle and had to idle it out and in the snow you could forget it. Rear would come around in a heartbeat. This was many years ago when it was still
stock.. and I ended up getting a daily driver because of this. It now runs low 10's so the rear is lively no matter what the conditions.
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and they said G80 are good? Maybe once or twice in the sugar sand and they Chip there teeth from stress