SoNic67
Explorer Addict
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- January 24, 2010
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- City, State
- Newport News, VA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 V8 (Eddie Bauer) AWD
If I know anything about differentials is that a free spinning wheel on a side will cause total loss of traction on the other wheel - UNLESS you block somehow that differential.
Now - we have two axles instead of two wheels. One of them is spinning freely (with the shaft removed it is almost no friction there). The other would NOT get any motor torque unless the differential is LOCKED.
So... if your truck is moving with the front shaft removed it is because the VC is LOCKED inside the center differential. Locked by heat that is.
Now - we have two axles instead of two wheels. One of them is spinning freely (with the shaft removed it is almost no friction there). The other would NOT get any motor torque unless the differential is LOCKED.
So... if your truck is moving with the front shaft removed it is because the VC is LOCKED inside the center differential. Locked by heat that is.