TOD and no rear driveshaft....

[nfpgasmask]

Well, out of all the vehicles I have ever owned, my VX is easily the best on snow and ice.

I knew someone who drove their 1st gen Trooper around with no rear drive shaft for several weeks, just using 4HI. Kinda funny.

Bart

[Ebenezr]

In this experiment the reason for "surging" to my thinking is this. You excellerate and the TOD senses slipping in the rear by comparing the rear and front driveshaft speeds. The TOD kicks in and moves the vehicle to a point where suddenly the drive shaft rotational speeds match and then the TOD kicks off. When it cuts off there is suddenly a mismatch in speeds so it cuts on. The speeds match again so the TOD cuts off. then on then off then on then off because of continuous mismatch in driveshaft RPM. IT is impossible to get smooth operation with TOD only because with smooth continuous operation the driveshaft speeds agree and the TOD must then kick off.

[Triathlete]

Bart, Bart, Bart...a jeep off the showroom floor is no more offroad capable than a VX off the showroom floor. You will rarely see a jeep on the trail that is not modded also...none of tem come with 35's
Of course all this "non-modded keep it simple" stuff coming from the giant spikes roof rack front.

[nfpgasmask]

Bart, Bart, Bart...a jeep off the showroom floor is no more offroad capable than a VX off the showroom floor. You will rarely see a jeep on the trail that is not modded also...none of tem come with 35's
Of course all this "non-modded keep it simple" stuff coming from the giant spikes roof rack front.

You guys are COMPLETELY missing my point. I'm not saying I have anything against modding (obviously). Look at my 1st gen, I am constantly trying to make it do things it was never meant to do. I did a freakin' engine swap!!!! I'm just saying that Jeeps, off the showroom floor, are more readily modded with lift kits, winch bumpers, etc. Afterwards they still look good and perform well when done because they were designed with this HUGE 4x4 aftermarket in mind. Our IFS VXes were never built with any of that in mind. And when people try to give a VX a Jeep like aftermarket treatment, things don't always play so nice. And if you think Jeep makes new Wranglers with modding not even part of the thought process, I think you are wrong. Jeep is the only company left making a vehicle that was MEANT to be driven offroad and not just to the grocery store. Know what I mean?

And the spikes come off with 3 little wingnuts, btw.

Bart

[Ebenezr]

If your talking about ugly modified vehicles only 1 out of 20 or so pickups or jeeps actually look good afterward. Most in my opinion do not have a tire size-offset-lift configuration that looks good. That is what I like about my VX. It has all 3 in perfection. I like to just stand around looking at my own truck.

[Triathlete]

Bart, you were missing my point...I was just yanking your chain!