The driver shifted at 18, that wasn't the max in first. The Honda DCT with hi and low plus open and locked diffs is the best possible transmission for a sxs!!! Jury is still out on if the YXZ can crawl or not.
If 1st gear is a little, or a little-lot tall then the vehicle (with or without Rekluse installed) will have two choices, 1) press in the clutch part way to feather it, allowing it to slip so as to control wheel spin and keep it in the torque band. Or 2) go with Glamisfan's proposed extra-speed technique which will be jouncy, if not brutal, on the occupants as well as the frame and skip plate. As Glamisfan probably already knows -- not optimal. And feathering the clutch manually or with the Rekluse (that's essentially what a Rekluse does based on RPM and centripetal force), means that wet clutch will get very hot. Of course, in a dirt bike, the wet clutch is integral to the motor (the tranny oil is shared) -- this leads to steaming radiators in those bikes. With the YXZ having a separate tranny that means less problems other than changing the tranny fluid somewhat more often, and perhaps swapping out the clutch plates sooner. If that is the extent of it, no big deal, really.Or can I crawl, but just at a higher speed than I'm used to?
Agreed. But fortunately I'm not looking for *great* crawling. Just adequate. Heck, my Ranger and Teryx crawled in Low-Range reasonably well. Not monster-jeep stuff, but they both needed Low-Range to keep wheel spin down and to guard against belt abuse as I traveled uphill going over cantaloupe-sized rocks.It's all about compromise. A great crawler won't work well in open desert or duning but visa versa for other vehicles.
I thought on the picture thread he said it would start in 1st and you could let out the clutch and not give it any throttle and it would tractor along with out stalling, even at an uphill grade. I would think if that is truly the case then 1st gear must be pretty darn low.
And bear in mind they DID equip this thing with a fully locking front diff. Why would they have even done this if it didn't have the capability to crawl over slow technical stuff?My guess is first gear will be low enough that the only time you'd even use it is when crawling. Can't imagine you'd need to nurse the clutch in 1st to go up a trail a 5mph...but who knows?