Traction control

[Buck]

My stock trucks dose this as well! i started a thread about it but I don't think anyone understood what I was talking about. So you can't fix it? It’s just how the tranny is? Goes like hell all the way through first then blah!?

[gr8shot]

Originally Posted by gmpacnw

Don't have the controls on the steering wheel but do know that if you select the tramsmission's 2nd gear in Manual mode you'll be in traction control. I did this in the Pacific NorthWest coastal sand & could see that the rear wheels would alternate for traction when they were spinning. Selected 1st gear & only 1 rear wheel would spin.

I think some of this may be specifically due to the G80 rear end. Its a pretty sophisticated piece of equipment. If it senses over a 100rpm difference between the rear tires, it will lock both axle shafts together. From my understanding, there's clutches that engage, so it may feel like some of the power is lost? Correct me if im way off... This might be what your talking about.
check these videos out, they explain the G80...

YouTube - Silverado with Locking Differential (G80)

YouTube - How a Eaton G80 locker works

poor fords and dodges... stuck in the ditch

[ufreak]

on mine bolth rear tires spin in first unless im turning starp on pavement then it spins the inside tire in first bolth in second on wet pavement. it should have more than enuf power to spin in second with bolth rear tires cuz my old 94 ford idi can with 190hp and the same tires. How does it lock up all 4 tires when i puneh it in 4wd?

[Cronks07lbz]

I am also having this problem if i take off normal wait for the shift to second stand onit the truck will start to spin then falls on it face does not do it all the time is it posible the trany and computer can not camunnicate fast enough. Also just put a edge juice with attitude made the problem more noticable also dumps more smoke when shuts down. truck did the same stock. Only on level 3 no faut code and aparent trany slip

any help ford buddy giving me hard time

[BlackSilver]

Read your manual.

If you put the Allison in "M2" it has traction control built in. You can't turn that feature off.

So don't put the indicator into "M2".

[Buck]

Originally Posted by BlackSilver

Read your manual.

If you put the Allison in "M2" it has traction control built in. You can't turn that feature off.

So don't put the indicator into "M2".

im a big fan of reading the manual. i read that part but my truck dose it in drive! I think that manual mode is stupid unless you’re pulling something you’re not supposed to be pulling.

[pdicky]

I know the felling. Just finished my first tank of fuel(14.5mpg). I had to show the friends what 660lb/ft felt like. Under WOT it felt like the clutch was slipping then the RPMs would drop and then it would catch. I thought it was the tires breaking loose but the truck stayed straight.

I am glad to hear that this is "normal".

Side note...this truck is fricken awsome!! I am taking the boat to the lake this weekend. Can't wait to see what the D-max/Allison will do through the hills.