I recently bought an NP242 and was wondering how the torque split works exactly.
From my research, it appears that when both (front and rear) ends have equal traction, 60% of the power goes to the rear, and 40% of the power goes to the front.
OK, so the front AND rear aren't locked to the input shaft, right? IE the rear isn't spinning all the time, with the front has a differential. That leads me to my next question;
people say that when a single end loses traction, (IE you diconnect the front drive shaft) all the power will go to that end. 100/0 split to the end with the least traction. Wouldn't this make full time 4x4 useless? If your back tires are on ice, as is a lot of time in Canada, and your front tires are on pavement, won't your back tires just sit and spin and you'll go nowhere? How does this lead to more traction on these conditions?
On a Subaru, the computer detects this and will send more torque to the front wheels, however, this NP242 isn't that smart and so isn't it practically 2wd? But I've heard it gives a lot greater traction on wet, snow, and ice conditions. Am I really misunderstanding something?
From my research, it appears that when both (front and rear) ends have equal traction, 60% of the power goes to the rear, and 40% of the power goes to the front.
OK, so the front AND rear aren't locked to the input shaft, right? IE the rear isn't spinning all the time, with the front has a differential. That leads me to my next question;
people say that when a single end loses traction, (IE you diconnect the front drive shaft) all the power will go to that end. 100/0 split to the end with the least traction. Wouldn't this make full time 4x4 useless? If your back tires are on ice, as is a lot of time in Canada, and your front tires are on pavement, won't your back tires just sit and spin and you'll go nowhere? How does this lead to more traction on these conditions?
On a Subaru, the computer detects this and will send more torque to the front wheels, however, this NP242 isn't that smart and so isn't it practically 2wd? But I've heard it gives a lot greater traction on wet, snow, and ice conditions. Am I really misunderstanding something?