axle question

[stranman]

this link says the M715 came with a power-loc axel. Is that true and if so what does it mean?
http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/mambo2...d=55&Itemid=31

[Barrman]

That link is full of wrong information.

5.88:1 gear ratio
open differential on both ends
38" tall tires fit with no lift

I stopped reading after I saw those things, so I don't know what else is wrong.

Click the link at the top of the page marked "manuals" Start with the -10 and work you way through them all. Very helpfull and then you too can make fun of links like the one you posted.

[stranman]

Thanks for the update.
I thought the power-loc was as it sounds a kind of locker differential and from all I had seen I thought the M715 has as you say open differentials.
Its good to know so I can gauge the trucks limitations when four wheeling.

[brute4c]

There are alot of error in that....20,000 and 40,000 lb pto winches mounted in the bed of many M715's by the factory??? Never heard of such a thing on any truck.

Knocking the carb out of adjustment by closing the hood because the air cleaner may hit the hood? Not even sure how that can happen.

[randyscycle]

Ouch a number of errors indeed!

I didn't know we'd donated so many to the South Vietnamese......

[moosejr]

I agree about the article, . . the writer did not know much or do his research, very poorly written. As far as the power-lock, it is a clutch-type limited slip, . .as noted, it was NOT stock, but available for these axles and is a grand improvement to any open differential. I personally have a detroit locker in the back of mine. My other truck has a power-lock in the back. On the trail, the detroit is better, but on the road, the power-lock has better manners, . .just to shed a little light, . ..

[MarknessMonster]

...On the trail, the detroit is better, but on the road, the power-lock has better manners, . .just to shed a little light, . ..

Also, you'll get better road manners from a DL if you're running narrow tires. It's the fat balloon looking teeny-bopper tires that really cause lockers to act poorly on pavement.

[george walker]

I have seen that article also, the writer must have been researching a completely different truck, since almost nothing he wrote is even remotely factual.

[stranman]

That is one of the problems with the internet, it is too easy to publish incorrect information, but you have to take the good with the bad, a lot of useful information out there as well.

I found a couple of other references of the M715 with a power-loc, probably due to bad information being propagated without checking for accuracy.

[randyscycle]

One of the worst offenders for misinformation on the web is Wikipedia. Its content can be edited and added by almost anyone.....