jimmydaux
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Centerville, Utah
Ok guys, I just wanted to see if this was common knowledge. I was talking to a guy about wanting to lock up my rear, and he said that until then, if there was time that I was starved for traction i could pull the E brake just hard enough that the engine still overcame the brake, but that it put enough resistance on the free spinning wheel that it would force the one with traction to move.
The concept seemed sound so I tried it and it seemed to work.
Well the gears in my little brain started turning today and realized if it worked on the rear axle why wouldnt it work all around. Wheelin today I got in some spots with my new/used RE4.5 lift that flexed me out bad enough that I couldnt crawl over them. So open diffs were the downfall. I wasnt moving forward at all so I tried it. I pushed the brake pedal pretty hard and gave enough gas to overcome the brakes and It crawled right over the Rut i was hung up on. Later on a steep loose climb, same deal. I lost forward momentum, put some good pressure on the brakes and gave it some gas and it went right up the climb I was working on.
Now I know theres no replacement for being locked up, but for those of you who like to get off the pavement without a locker, try it! It helped me out a ton. Maybe im one of those guys thats trying to reinvent the wheel, but Ive never heard of this before and I'm sure others havent either so I thought id share my bit of giddy discovery that worked so well for me today.
Happy wheelin,,, ( p.s the RE SF 4.5 is amazing, I shouldnt have settled for a stock armed 3 inch lift for sooooo long)
Jeremy
The concept seemed sound so I tried it and it seemed to work.
Well the gears in my little brain started turning today and realized if it worked on the rear axle why wouldnt it work all around. Wheelin today I got in some spots with my new/used RE4.5 lift that flexed me out bad enough that I couldnt crawl over them. So open diffs were the downfall. I wasnt moving forward at all so I tried it. I pushed the brake pedal pretty hard and gave enough gas to overcome the brakes and It crawled right over the Rut i was hung up on. Later on a steep loose climb, same deal. I lost forward momentum, put some good pressure on the brakes and gave it some gas and it went right up the climb I was working on.
Now I know theres no replacement for being locked up, but for those of you who like to get off the pavement without a locker, try it! It helped me out a ton. Maybe im one of those guys thats trying to reinvent the wheel, but Ive never heard of this before and I'm sure others havent either so I thought id share my bit of giddy discovery that worked so well for me today.
Happy wheelin,,, ( p.s the RE SF 4.5 is amazing, I shouldnt have settled for a stock armed 3 inch lift for sooooo long)
Jeremy