Has anyone ever tried to put a cutting brake system on a street 4X4?
It really comes in handy on a tractor. In soupy mud or sand, having the ability to steer with assistance from the brakes seems like a big advantage. I know it is with a tractor, especially when traversing a slick hill or modulating the wheels in soft soil.
Some thoughts....
Disabling a section of the braking system to make this work is inherently unsafe for normal driving. Even having that ability with the chance to forget creates a problem.
Selectively braking wheels in slick conditions is how computer controlled traction assist works.
The Hummer was designed with open diffs but with the assumption that drivers would be trained to use "power braking" when encountering slippery terrain to modulate runaway wheel speed.
Adding additional master cylinders is impractical.
A locking diff on the rear will equalize wheel speed which means that the vehicle is going to try to go in a straight line no matter what the steering wheels are doing.
If locking diffs are on both axles they will "fight" each other when the vehicle is trying to turn.
My original thought was to put line locks on the front brakes and on the individual rear brakes. Isolating the front brakes (locking them out) and then having the ability to choose which rear brake was activated by the pedal.
It would not be hard to electrically interlock this the low-range on the T-case (to make sure that this thing never hit the hard road with the front brakes inoperative).
Any thoughts?
Just trying to build a better mouse trap.
It really comes in handy on a tractor. In soupy mud or sand, having the ability to steer with assistance from the brakes seems like a big advantage. I know it is with a tractor, especially when traversing a slick hill or modulating the wheels in soft soil.
Some thoughts....
Disabling a section of the braking system to make this work is inherently unsafe for normal driving. Even having that ability with the chance to forget creates a problem.
Selectively braking wheels in slick conditions is how computer controlled traction assist works.
The Hummer was designed with open diffs but with the assumption that drivers would be trained to use "power braking" when encountering slippery terrain to modulate runaway wheel speed.
Adding additional master cylinders is impractical.
A locking diff on the rear will equalize wheel speed which means that the vehicle is going to try to go in a straight line no matter what the steering wheels are doing.
If locking diffs are on both axles they will "fight" each other when the vehicle is trying to turn.
My original thought was to put line locks on the front brakes and on the individual rear brakes. Isolating the front brakes (locking them out) and then having the ability to choose which rear brake was activated by the pedal.
It would not be hard to electrically interlock this the low-range on the T-case (to make sure that this thing never hit the hard road with the front brakes inoperative).
Any thoughts?
Just trying to build a better mouse trap.
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