Off Roading Posi in CAD ??

[fredflinstone]

I'm looking to find out how it works out if you put a posi carrier in a cad front end such as ours? I have a brand new Dana 60 factory posi and would love to find out it would work out fine in my front end. I allready know it's the right spline count but truthfully don't recall ever hearing of anyone with a posi in a cad equiped front end. I would just like to know weather or not this is possible? Thanks Seth

 

[tarussell]

If you put a L/S in your axle housing w/ a C. A. D. system the front drive shaft will rotate all of the time. I don't know if the transfer-case will like that ? No power will be transmitted but there may be oiling concerns with the chain spinning constantly. The Jan. on up 2002 HD trucks don't have the C. A. D. system on it and thier front shafts spin constantly, but there might ( ????? ) be an oiling improvement in the transfer - case ?

I would not think that you would have any extra steering feed back since the passenger side axle will still be disconnected but the sliding coupler may not like the added strain of engaging the two shafts with a L/S in the diff. If you do install it, I would not use the shift on the fly method; just be careful and go slow when engaging the transfer-case.

You may also feel a slight vibration at highway speeds because of the shaft spinning. That is all that I can think of at the moment as far as concerns with installing a L/S w/ a C. A. D. .

Good luck and keep us posted on what you did and how it worked . Thomas

 

[24Vpirate]

i have put many a L/S in the front of a CAD truck and there is no problem with doing it just cant shift on the fly

 

[Scrappy]

cad l/s

I would think that the l/s would try to turn the pass. side so the shift on the fly would work better since the shafts are already turning the same speed. You could disable the cad to achieve the same thing as the 02's setup. The transfer case can handle the driveshaft turning all the time, the oiling would be better (the chain and gears would splash lube by turning