DavidArmen
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- David
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This conversation reminds me of something I’ve always wondered about. I figure there’s no one better online to ask than you. I am not even sure if this is an applicable question, but how “strong” are these e-lockers? Say compared to the strength of the diff itself. Animations and diagrams show something like a couple of deadbolt-type cylindrical pins that slide into holes. Does the entire torque go through those pins to the wheels? Or do the pins just force the spider gears to lock and the torque still goes through the spider gears except now they have no way of rotating differentially at all?You said it right.
Once you bypass the Hall effect sensor, you will lose the in-transit function where the locker plate pawls could be partially engaged or disengaged. This places a lot of stress on the edges of the gear teeth which could cause them to crack and fail. The blinking locker light is supposed to help with this by letting the driver know not to hit the gas or continue to wheel until it’s either fully engaged or disengaged.
What I am overall curious about is if those locking pins (plate pawls?) experience any force at all and if they are a point of failure when the diff is locked.
This would be great to watch!The next set of gears I do, I’ll take the carrier completely apart and show how this works and where the stress is while in-transit.
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