def.ho
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Siskiyou County Calif
Greetings!
In the coming months i will be upgrading my Chrysler 27 spline open rear to 29 spline shafts+locker. I live in an area with a good deal of snow and ice in the winter months and my 242 t-case has proven to be invaluable for these road conditions with its full-time feature.
I would like to ask fellow XJ'ers with a no-slip/242 combination in the rear how it fares in the snow and ice? will my rear prefer to swing ahead of me on curvy snowy/icy roads? My thinking is driving up mountain roads (and their numerous tight curves) my locker will be engaged and i'll break traction due to the rear wheels not differentiating at all. is this a problem for any of you guys or is it not as bad as i imagine it? I'd rather not have to spend the dough for a selectable locker but i might have to in my situation.
Thanks for any help guys! so far this forum has been a godsend for myself the mechanically-challenged. :worship:
p.s. if you have a 231 and are going to tell me what it will do based on your assumptions of how a 242 works.. please don't. i would prefer to hear from people with actual winter road driving experience with this combo. not trying to step on the 231 owners; just while searching for an answer to my question, a lot of threads had responses from 231 people who didn't know what they were talking about concerning the 242.
In the coming months i will be upgrading my Chrysler 27 spline open rear to 29 spline shafts+locker. I live in an area with a good deal of snow and ice in the winter months and my 242 t-case has proven to be invaluable for these road conditions with its full-time feature.
I would like to ask fellow XJ'ers with a no-slip/242 combination in the rear how it fares in the snow and ice? will my rear prefer to swing ahead of me on curvy snowy/icy roads? My thinking is driving up mountain roads (and their numerous tight curves) my locker will be engaged and i'll break traction due to the rear wheels not differentiating at all. is this a problem for any of you guys or is it not as bad as i imagine it? I'd rather not have to spend the dough for a selectable locker but i might have to in my situation.
Thanks for any help guys! so far this forum has been a godsend for myself the mechanically-challenged. :worship:
p.s. if you have a 231 and are going to tell me what it will do based on your assumptions of how a 242 works.. please don't. i would prefer to hear from people with actual winter road driving experience with this combo. not trying to step on the 231 owners; just while searching for an answer to my question, a lot of threads had responses from 231 people who didn't know what they were talking about concerning the 242.