ESP Disable - Take two

[davidd]

in my case i would welcome such a result as this s**t bag of mine is insured for far more than i could sell it for, and i could use the money to buy a more useful vehicle.

[corkhead]

just curious guys ... with the rubicon and both lockers engaged - going up a rutted clay slippery hill - is a factory rubicon going to let the motor rev and wheels spin freely ??

Got two rubicons on the way and must admit around gembrook, labertouche that situation is common.

So i spose my question is - should i be looking at this mod ?

Cheers

H

[CrazyNuts]

Originally Posted by davidd

but the one you're actually refering to is the brake lock diff function, which in 4wd applies the brake to any spinning wheel and causing the vehicle to bog itself in the most inopportune places such as cable beach at low tide, as the tide turns and starts to rise to it's full 30 ft maximum, before you can dig the damned thing out.

I see you've been caught out just like I have.

Yeah...you are right. I am referring to the wrong term. Either way....there are WAY too many safety features interfering with off road performance, even with the ESP OFF button (which is basically useless).

By the way, I have the MY08 build with the "functional" ESP OFF button, not like the MY07 models.

[mudyJK]

Originally Posted by corkhead

just curious guys ... with the rubicon and both lockers engaged - going up a rutted clay slippery hill - is a factory rubicon going to let the motor rev and wheels spin freely ??

Got two rubicons on the way and must admit around gembrook, labertouche that situation is common.

So i spose my question is - should i be looking at this mod ?

Cheers

H

I have been able to spin the wheels no probems. I think that when the lockers are engaged the traction control is turned off.
Done the locker mod to allow me to switch these any time, this also disables the traction control...
Also had the car in 2wd and rear locker engaged playing around and have been able to get lots of wheel spin!

[reyzor]

Originally Posted by mudyJK

I have been able to spin the wheels no probems. I think that when the lockers are engaged the traction control is turned off.
Done the locker mod to allow me to switch these any time, this also disables the traction control...
Also had the car in 2wd and rear locker engaged playing around and have been able to get lots of wheel spin!

whats the locker mod your talking about?

[davidd]

Originally Posted by corkhead

just curious guys ... with the rubicon and both lockers engaged - going up a rutted clay slippery hill - is a factory rubicon going to let the motor rev and wheels spin freely ??

Got two rubicons on the way and must admit around gembrook, labertouche that situation is common.

So i spose my question is - should i be looking at this mod ?

Cheers

H

mate none of the electronic stuff is of any use , in fact cannot work once you engage your diff lockers. with 4wd and diff lockers engaged all four wheels are mechanically locked together and all turn at the same speed, making it impossible to have any wheel turning at a faster speed than any other. your engine will always rev freely and none of the electronic brake
gear will be activated.

[BrisNut]

Originally Posted by davidd

mate none of the electronic stuff is of any use , in fact cannot work once you engage your diff lockers. with 4wd and diff lockers engaged all four wheels are mechanically locked together and all turn at the same speed, making it impossible to have any wheel turning at a faster speed than any other. your engine will always rev freely and none of the electronic brake
gear will be activated.

The brake gear shouldn't be activated because it should be smart enough to know if it's needed or not on each axle if it knows the locker is engaded, more likely it's still turned on but because it doesn't see wheel slip it doesn't activate, you may find the throttle restiction still works though if you don't have the front locker disengaged and it detects wheel spin on the front.
I suppose thetest for this is to unplug the lockers then try engage them both and see what the traction system does. Is there feedback to say they are engaged, perhaps that may need to be fooled too.