This is a report mainly relying on the use of photo's of our trip to Namibia in a 2x4 KZ-TE. We aimed to drive as many riverbeds as time would permit and covered a total of about 6500km from Capetown and back. It went all the way to Epupa falls.
I will send the file to a moderator as it is 3,086KB PDF in size and will not upload directly.
Namibia - Off the Beaten Tracks 2006
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Re: Namibia - Off the Beaten Tracks 2006
Thanks JB, that should be interesting (they say a picture is worth a thousand words :D ). Will watch for it.
Do you a least have difflock on the back?
Do you a least have difflock on the back?
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Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
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Re: Namibia - Off the Beaten Tracks 2006
Yes, the KZ had the difflock as standard, but I found that it is not required for the sand parts. We negotiated some cross axle stuff on the trails where the difflock was the only way that the 2x4 could cross.
In the sand, both rear wheels have sufficient traction (at .8bar) so very little spinning occurred. The problem comes when you have the difflock engaged and you have to make a turn, the front wheels tend to go straight and starts to plough as they are not able to turn the locked rear axle easily. This causes huge rolling resistance and the already taxed rear axle now tends to loose traction. As a result, the difflock becomes counter productive under these conditions.
In the sand, both rear wheels have sufficient traction (at .8bar) so very little spinning occurred. The problem comes when you have the difflock engaged and you have to make a turn, the front wheels tend to go straight and starts to plough as they are not able to turn the locked rear axle easily. This causes huge rolling resistance and the already taxed rear axle now tends to loose traction. As a result, the difflock becomes counter productive under these conditions.
