Powertrax LOCK-RIGHT Performace Locker Manual do Utilizador descarregar pdf (Página 8)

at only one wheel rather than at both wheels unl the torque

equalizes. This eect is easy to become used to but is menoned

for your informaon.

Cornering. When turning your vehicle, try to do so

under slight posive throle. If turning is done with a neutral

throle, it may tend to “buck” because of interacon between

the free drive sha rotaon and the engine RPM change due to

a varying load. During normal turning movements on the street,

you will noce that your new LOCK-RIGHT operates easily.

If you are powering in a turn and then get o the gas,

torque transfers from the inside (driving) wheel to the outside

(decelerang) wheel. This transfer of torque may tend to change

the vehicle direcon; when turning on slippery surfaces, be sure

to do so smoothly and avoid jerking.

If you are in a turn and accelerate sudden-

ly, the vehicle will tend to straighten out because ini-

ally the inside wheel is the only one that is being pow-

ered (the outside wheel is free-wheeling during the turn).

Be very careful in turns, especially on water or ice!

Driveline Wind-up. When a vehicle turns, each wheel

follows a slightly dierent path. This means that each wheel

turns at a slightly dierent rate than the others because of the

individual turning radii. In a 4WD behicle with all wheels en-

gaged, the wheels try to slip a lile as the vehicle is turning. On

a dirt surface, this acon occurs unnoced. On a paved road,

however, the wheels are “locked” to the pavement so that they

are unable to slip. Since they are all connected together through

the drive train and are turning at dierent rates, something must

give. The result is that all memeber sin the drive train—drive

shas, U-joints, axles, gears, etc.—become highly stressed and

either something breaks ore the parts bind up and the vehicle

will not steer or move. This condion is known as “driveline

wind-up” and is the reason that the manufacturers’ manuals

state that the vehicle should never be driven on hard-surfaced

roads in 4WD. This especially is true of vehicles with

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