Rover Gear and a Beer Ashcroft D2 CVs & 1/2 shafts

[R_Lefebvre]

Might be a difference of environment too, as a cooler/wetter trail ride up north might not bring ETC shortcomings as plain.

I think it's the water cooling.

 

[SeaRubi]

For sure the ETC system wasn't really designed to try and take the place of mechanical lockers for a full day of wheeling in harsh terrain. On my buddy's '99, the ETC system seemed to get tired as the day (and pads) would wear on. On certain obstacles the truck would get up on the rocks and then as the ETC kicks in, start ... for lack of a better word ... humping. the suspension would compress and unload, and the tires would turn in violent jerks. sometimes it would start to hop so bad I swear he was getting air under the front axle. he had some kind of voodoo procedure to kill the truck, do some kind of voodoo, then restart it to disable the ETC so we could move on.

 

[muskyman]

For sure the ETC system wasn't really designed to try and take the place of mechanical lockers for a full day of wheeling in harsh terrain. On my buddy's '99, the ETC system seemed to get tired as the day (and pads) would wear on. On certain obstacles the truck would get up on the rocks and then as the ETC kicks in, start ... for lack of a better word ... humping. the suspension would compress and unload, and the tires would turn in violent jerks. sometimes it would start to hop so bad I swear he was getting air under the front axle. he had some kind of voodoo procedure to kill the truck, do some kind of voodoo, then restart it to disable the ETC so we could move on.

thats exactly why many DII owners kill the ETC at the trail head...that bouncing is very hard on drivelines.

 

[SeaRubi]

thats exactly why many DII owners kill the ETC at the trail head...that bouncing is very hard on drivelines.

then they put in the TT, and start killing CV joints :elkgrin: