06 drive train terminology.
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One thing I have never heard mentioned on this BB when you guys a complaining about being stuck is airing down your tires.
Example, I was at Johnson Valley with my rock crawler. About five miles from base, camp and I broke big time. A friend took me back to base camp and I picked up the Dodge and trailer to go recover the crawler. About a mile out of camp there is about a half of a mile of road that turns into sand for about half a mile. As soon as I hit it, I bogged down and got stuck. Got out and aired my tires down to 50 PSI from towing PSI. Jumped back in, dropped it into 4-low and crawled right out.
Where do I get air-to-air back up? There are a number of options from plug into your cigar lighter compressor (most are junk and very slow, but there are some good ones out there check CFM's and duty cycle), there are CO2 tanks (very fast, will run air tools), engine driven York compressors (with tank will run air tools) and the list goes on and on. Just do a goggle search for OBA (on board air).
Air them down, you will get there.
Example, I was at Johnson Valley with my rock crawler. About five miles from base, camp and I broke big time. A friend took me back to base camp and I picked up the Dodge and trailer to go recover the crawler. About a mile out of camp there is about a half of a mile of road that turns into sand for about half a mile. As soon as I hit it, I bogged down and got stuck. Got out and aired my tires down to 50 PSI from towing PSI. Jumped back in, dropped it into 4-low and crawled right out.
Where do I get air-to-air back up? There are a number of options from plug into your cigar lighter compressor (most are junk and very slow, but there are some good ones out there check CFM's and duty cycle), there are CO2 tanks (very fast, will run air tools), engine driven York compressors (with tank will run air tools) and the list goes on and on. Just do a goggle search for OBA (on board air).
Air them down, you will get there.
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The "11.5" refers to the ring gear diameter of the rear axle, its 11.5 inches in diameter. Why the put this number on the sticker make no sense to me, just confuses people. The axle gear ratio should be listed on the window sticker.
The "anti-spin"(put in for the same purpose as a limited slip differential, just a different name), in my experience is totally worthless, DO NOT BUY IT. You can install an aftermarket selectable locker for around $100 more than the "anti-spin" option and the aftermarket locking differential will outperform the "anti-spin" all day long.
Here is the manufactures page with a link to the 11.50 AAM rear axle (scrol down to the 11.50). http://aam.com/technology/tech_prod_dl_rearaxle.html
Here is a link to the "anti-spin", but don't believe the hype it doesn't work very well.
http://aam.com/technology/tech_prod_dl_diff.html#TRO
I believe the dodge rams have the the Trac Rite GT installed for the "anti-spin" option. Terrible thing, the old Dana limited slips worked way better.
Good luck.
The "anti-spin"(put in for the same purpose as a limited slip differential, just a different name), in my experience is totally worthless, DO NOT BUY IT. You can install an aftermarket selectable locker for around $100 more than the "anti-spin" option and the aftermarket locking differential will outperform the "anti-spin" all day long.
Here is the manufactures page with a link to the 11.50 AAM rear axle (scrol down to the 11.50). http://aam.com/technology/tech_prod_dl_rearaxle.html
Here is a link to the "anti-spin", but don't believe the hype it doesn't work very well.
http://aam.com/technology/tech_prod_dl_diff.html#TRO
I believe the dodge rams have the the Trac Rite GT installed for the "anti-spin" option. Terrible thing, the old Dana limited slips worked way better.
Good luck.
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