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I learned to drive a manual in a 1988 Yugo. It was a hunk of crap but I was able to do it. I've had quite a few manual transmission vehicles in my life. My daily drivers have been manual more often than not. I had a manual transmission rock crawler that I took all over the place. But at...

Green peppers and onions?!? What kind of lunatic orders that kind of pizza? What is this world coming to?

That planetary differential in the Hummer case looks similar in concept to the NP242 in my Jeep. I haven't researched it but I wonder if it has a similar torque bias.

Did you intend a Blazing Saddles reference or is that just where my mind goes? *trying hard to keep it clean...*

They had a traditional transfer case. It was a single speed New Process case similar to a Jeep (Jeep was part of AMC at the time) but with no low range. They all had either an open differential or some kind of limited slip inside the transfer case. In that regard, they are very similar in...

Yeah, and I'll second the recommendation for good tires being almost more important than 4WD. But good tires and 4WD is way better than 2WD. Also, weight over the drive tires makes a huge difference. I grew up in the upper midwest with rear wheel drive cars. With good snow tires and weight...

I have a 2001 Jeep Cherokee as my snow capable vehicle right now. It has an NP242 transfer case. It comes with 5 modes: 2HI/4HI part time/4HI full time/N/4Lo part time. The case has an open differential in it that lets the front and rear shafts spin at different speeds. That differential is...

The stock front axle in a Rubicon is pretty weak. They took the Dana 30 axle and tossed in a Dana 44 center section and 30 spline inner shafts (27 spline in the D30). The tubes are small and thin. The knuckles are decent but the inner Cs they attach to are weak. The unit bearing and outer...

It's semantics but Dana won't make a 9" axle. That's a discontinued Ford brand axle. I'm sure they'll make a Dana 60 instead. There is a huge market for aftermarket axles. Currie will set up their 9" production to have bolt in assemblies for the Bronco I'm sure. And they will be stronger...

Yeah, if you're going to go with bigger tires, get the higher number gears. It will save you the aggravation of finding out you don't have enough gear to run the tires. I had a 2012 Wrangler with the factory 3.21 gears and factory upgraded 255/75R17 (32") tires. I got slightly better mileage...

It depends. Tire size factors into the equation. Different size tires need different axle ratios to be at their optimal performance target. Having too tall (numerically lower) gears with big tires means the engine has to work harder to get the vehicle moving. It also means that you won't...

I suspect it's users doing it on their own and posting them. But hey, that's the same thing, right? /sarcasm

We could also be the Tri-lams...

The base manual 4x4 system goes from 2wd where the front drive shaft is free spinning to locking the front and rear driveshaft so they both rotate at the same speed all the time. This is not recommended on dry pavement as the driveshafts need to spin at different speeds when you turn around...

It's also tied to not having the locking differential. For the automatic 4x4, the system is always engaging and disengaging. This can cause substantial wear in the axle disconnect mechanism. Also, if the mechanism fails, the resulting free spinning of the axle shafts can tear up the guts of...

Agreed. I know a bit but not nearly as much as he does. It sounds like it's all or nothing (locker or open diff) in the Bronco. But the modern traction control can actually be better than a limited slip by itself in a lot of cases. Though upgrading from an open diff to a limited slip to go...

The market for a full size 2 door SUV is gone. The Full Size Bronco became the 4 door fully independent suspension Expedition because of market pressure. The K5 Blazer became the Tahoe for the same reason. The Ramcharger just disappeared. The 4 door new Bronco will put a pretty big hit in...

Yeah, I daily drive a Subaru here in the Denver area. It's a great system for getting around in the snow and ice but still drives like a normal car when it's clear and dry. I like not having to think about it at all. My old Cherokee has a more traditional transfer case but it's the NP242 that...

The biggest thing with the manual transfer case is that you shouldn't run in 4WD on paved roads. The manual transfer case locks the front and rear driveshaft together so they always spin at the same speed. But when you go around a corner, the front tires travel a further distance than the rear...

Yeah, the newer the Jeep, the more likely some douche canoe will put a bunch of light bars on it and drive with them on. Although, It's a lot more common with the bro-dozers (lifted full size trucks). And then the stupid kid with the 25 year old hooptie Ranger or S-10 with lights that cost...