Viscious Centre Diff conversion to manual

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Originally Posted by alltrans

Front wheels on rock, rear on soft sand, back wheels spun, thus no drive to front wheels..thus am circumspect about the viscius centre diff.

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Take the rear tail shaft off ... and go for a drive ... This test will reflect the circumstances that you described

It should operate drive to the front as per normal /// if it does // then it's not your Viscous at fault

Mike
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Originally Posted by buzz66

I find I can't steer at all in reverse on steep loose terrain.

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I think you will find it's more the Auto box ...rather than the Viscous

You get no direct engine lock at low speeds ... verses a manual, which does

Scary tho, having the nose come around, ain't it :p

Mike
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I never really had the nose trying to come around to a point that it has been scary or completely uncontrolable?

Maybe my viscous is working well?

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Originally Posted by Grimace

I never really had the nose trying to come around to a point that it has been scary or completely uncontrolable?

Maybe my viscous is working well?

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My bro has a D2 Auto, and lent it to me for a drive in the dunes ... So I found the steepest one to go up, and only got up half way .. Huge incline, real soft :)

Anyways ... Have to reverse it .. OK / Put it in neutral and coast down // Took foot off brake and "straight up" felt the front end move to the side :(

// STOP // OK ... try again in 1st gear forward .... and again "straight up" felt the front end move to the side :(

// STOP // OK ... so we are gonna have to put it in reverse gear and DRIVE it down :( (this should be interesting, I'm thinking) ;)

Now here's the drama .... You have to drive it in reverse gear backwards, to stop the front end from swinging around // The best part is the ABS /// When you want to slow down ... You can't .... cause the brake pedal refuses to lock up the wheels /// The modulator keeps kicking your foot off the pedal and you can't actually lock up the wheels in the soft sand to make it bog in and stop

Not funny when you have to do a sharp turn at the bottom of the dune .... in reverse .... to avoid going over & down the next sand ridge ;)

and now I found out since, that you can turn the ABS off :angel:


Luck-ely ... I have a RRC with no ABS :D

Mike
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Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

and now I found out since, that you can turn the ABS off :angel:

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I do, how do you turn it off???

If you want to dig in, just shift into drive with foot on the brake while you still going backwards and lift it just above idle, but I never had issues backing down a sand dune..... I never really had to... :angel::cool:

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Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

I do, how do you turn it off???

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On his disco ... car stopped / engine running / pump the pedal 10 times?

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Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

but I never had issues backing down a sand dune..... I never really had to... :angel::cool:

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Yea,, Yea :p

Hmmmm... does it light up on the dash or anything and how do you turn it back on again...?

Probably different to mine plus being a D2 its later anyway....

Worth a try tomorrow tho...

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Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

Hmmmm... does it light up on the dash or anything and how do you turn it back on again...?

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Unsure (cause it's not my ride) ... But I believe the ABS light comes up /// To reset it ... turn the motor off


Errrr ... I think we are hijacking this thread .....

I have recently completed this conversion in my 94 Classic.THE L230 is a stronger transfer case especially if towing, however it is noisy in comparison,even having it reconditioned.You will need front tail shaft,quill shaft from auto,right mount,gear leaver and support bracket.You may need to check fr, & r diffs for planetery gear shaft wear if you have been running the car with the viscous coupling locked.A straight forward conversion , if you have all the parts.:)