A lot ordered, and installed. I don't know any 2nd gens that did though.
As I don't have a 2nd gen...I had some learning to do on that issue.
As far as I know, just like an LSD, the default position is both sides locked together. So, in a straight line, they turn in unison.
In a turn, its only pushing the slower (inside) tire...and letting the outside one freewheel. I imagine it would do the same on a 2nd gen, as that's happening in the diff not the hubs.
ALL of the 2nd gen questions I think come back to a question of degree. DOES it differentiate better than the Lock Right, so that the smaller revolution does make a difference in avoiding binding, etc. If it doesn't, then, sure, its a gobblesend to the 1st gens, and the 2nd gens can get ARB. etc.
For the 1st gens, in 2wd, its transparent...as we have hubs that can unlock, etc.
The guys who installed, so far, report that 2wd is exactly like stock, and 4wd felt just like stock too, except they felt the steering working more in the steering wheel.
So far, in 4wd, the front end seems to turn about as it would with the open diff. This was tried on the road, to see if it binded up differently, as well as off road...and, so far, it seems to feel like a 4wd stock rig.
No one drove it in snow (Who described it to me yet at least, but with today's strorm, that could change) to let me know how that worked out.
As snow is a much lower traction coefficient, the force on the tire to differentiate in a turn is way lower, and as as we know, so far, its fine when there's enough traction to rotate a tire, but the real tough test is if its enough to allow differentiation when is really slippery out. My LSD for example cannot differentiate when its slippery out, and my rear end can come around with the throttle...so it would need to differentiate better than the stock LSD can.
If it can, then I can be officially impressed.
As I don't have a 2nd gen...I had some learning to do on that issue.
As far as I know, just like an LSD, the default position is both sides locked together. So, in a straight line, they turn in unison.
In a turn, its only pushing the slower (inside) tire...and letting the outside one freewheel. I imagine it would do the same on a 2nd gen, as that's happening in the diff not the hubs.
ALL of the 2nd gen questions I think come back to a question of degree. DOES it differentiate better than the Lock Right, so that the smaller revolution does make a difference in avoiding binding, etc. If it doesn't, then, sure, its a gobblesend to the 1st gens, and the 2nd gens can get ARB. etc.
For the 1st gens, in 2wd, its transparent...as we have hubs that can unlock, etc.
The guys who installed, so far, report that 2wd is exactly like stock, and 4wd felt just like stock too, except they felt the steering working more in the steering wheel.
So far, in 4wd, the front end seems to turn about as it would with the open diff. This was tried on the road, to see if it binded up differently, as well as off road...and, so far, it seems to feel like a 4wd stock rig.
No one drove it in snow (Who described it to me yet at least, but with today's strorm, that could change) to let me know how that worked out.
As snow is a much lower traction coefficient, the force on the tire to differentiate in a turn is way lower, and as as we know, so far, its fine when there's enough traction to rotate a tire, but the real tough test is if its enough to allow differentiation when is really slippery out. My LSD for example cannot differentiate when its slippery out, and my rear end can come around with the throttle...so it would need to differentiate better than the stock LSD can.
If it can, then I can be officially impressed.
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