Disconnecting TOD

[JoFotoz]

Do you have locking hubs....??

...'cause if not, I do believe that wheels will turn axles, axles will turn diff....

.....diff will turn shaft.

If you do have hubs...I'll be very interested to see what you think.

We had this discussion up at Dubs wedding......
.....and it was a split vote on shaft not moving/moving.

Then we had 'nother cocktail......



Jo

[Marlin]

Do you have locking hubs....??

...'cause if not, I do believe that wheels will turn axles, axles will turn diff....

.....diff will turn shaft.

If you do have hubs...I'll be very interested to see what you think.

We had this discussion up at Dubs wedding......
.....and it was a split vote on shaft not moving/moving.

Then we had 'nother cocktail......



Jo

I do have manual hubs, as I mentioned in my post, which why I was confused about the prop shaft turning. That means the transfer case sent power to the front somehow, hence the thought of a "fail on" condition for loss of power or signal to the tod system. I will put her on blocks and see tomorrow. Then its time to start removing cladding

[JoFotoz]

DOOHHH..my bad..I missed the manual hub bit

There was a school of thought up in Fargo...
... that says the clutch plates in the TOD will not disengage 100%

So..some front shaft rotation will take place.

I 'was' against this theory....
..but since comming back I believe its true.

Even with my hubs disengaged, I am noticing ( now I'm looking/listening for it!)...
..some clicking now and then from my front Aussie Lockers.

I'm pretty sure this would only happen if shaft was turning.

BTW..have a long/thin/sharp knife ready to cut the double sided tape when removing cladding
Start at the doors..move Fore & Aft from there.

jo

[Marlin]

I agree that there must be some front shaft rotation, but with the peppier feeling, it must not be much.
I have no definitive way to say how much power is actually being transferred, could just be a light friction amount, but I am not willing to try and find out with the rear axle on jack stands

[pbkid]

I agree that there must be some front shaft rotation, but with the peppier feeling, it must not be much.
I have no definitive way to say how much power is actually being transferred, could just be a light friction amount, but I am not willing to try and find out with the rear axle on jack stands

Put a Go Pro under there