How AWD works (Includes Ford's 4A system)

[Rick Astley]

An excellent article which answers quite a few of the questions people have had regarding the AWD system in Bronco/Ranger.

Yes, you will have to do a bit of reading. You'll most likely also have to do a bit of noodling in your noodle basket to understand some of this, but it's not rocket science so have at it and read the whole article.

How All-Wheel Drive Works: A Ridiculously Detailed Technical Explainer


Full disclosure: I'm not a big fan of Jalopnik, however, this article is very good and stays on it's intended path quite well.

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[Rocketeer Rick]

That's pretty well researched article. It covers a number of different system types, and the author happens to have the same position I have regarding how AWD / 4WD are defined. Full disclosure - I was one of the people the author consulted with.

 

[Rick Astley]

That's pretty well researched article. It covers a number of different system types, and the author happens to have the same position I have regarding how AWD / 4WD are defined. Full disclosure - I was one of the people the author consulted with.

Moderators: how do we report this user?

Have been mostly logged out from the world this past week but the article didn't come up via a search. Hope your assisted article hasn't been posted to death on here.

At least it hasn't been read to death based on the postings that came up in search results

 

[Newbie]

excellent article:

 

[Austin26]

Just said Hell yeah! out loud. I'm excited to read it.

Edit: well it reloads or fails to load periodically. Boo. Maybe tomorrow on a laptop.

 

[Squatch]

Moderators: how do we report this user?

Have been mostly logged out from the world this past week but the article didn't come up via a search. Hope your assisted article hasn't been posted to death on here.

At least it hasn't been read to death based on the postings that came up in search results

I was just about to report you for trying to be educational and make thinking happen between my ears.

 

[Glcmranger]

An excellent article which answers quite a few of the questions people have had regarding the AWD system in Bronco/Ranger.

Yes, you will have to do a bit of reading. You'll most likely also have to do a bit of noodling in your noodle basket to understand some of this, but it's not rocket science so have at it and read the whole article.

How All-Wheel Drive Works: A Ridiculously Detailed Technical Explainer


Full disclosure: I'm not a big fan of Jalopnik, however, this article is very good and stays on it's intended path quite well.

I thought the new Bronco is a 4WD system which means it has a dual range transfer case. Are you saying the new Bronco is not 4WD and instead is an All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicle?

 

[joeramirez]

Cliff notes?

 

[Rick Astley]

That's pretty well researched article. It covers a number of different system types, and the author happens to have the same position I have regarding how AWD / 4WD are defined. Full disclosure - I was one of the people the author consulted with.

I thought the new Bronco is a 4WD system which means it has a dual range transfer case. Are you saying the new Bronco is not 4WD and instead is an All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicle?

@Glcmranger: Not only was that covered in the opening section of the article, but one of the contributors to the article (and is credited at the bottom of the article if you cared to look up his profession/industry), @Rocketeer Rick, commented on exactly your question yesterday.

Feel free to ask questions which weren't immediately covered in the article. It's quite detailed and informative!

 

[Rick Astley]

I was just about to report you for trying to be educational and make thinking happen between my ears.

 

[ColoradoGuy]

I'll have to take my noodle out of vacation mode. Looks to be worth it with this though.

 

[Rocketeer Rick]

@Glcmranger: but one of the contributors to the article (and is credited at the bottom of the article if you cared to look up his profession/industry), @Rocketeer Rick, commented on exactly your question yesterday.

Well, shoot, the cat's out of the bag now. Thanks Rick.

Cliff notes?

From being in this part of the industry, I have to say that this article is the Cliff Notes version...

 

[Murf]

An excellent article which answers quite a few of the questions people have had regarding the AWD system in Bronco/Ranger.

Yes, you will have to do a bit of reading. You'll most likely also have to do a bit of noodling in your noodle basket to understand some of this, but it's not rocket science so have at it and read the whole article.

How All-Wheel Drive Works: A Ridiculously Detailed Technical Explainer


Full disclosure: I'm not a big fan of Jalopnik, however, this article is very good and stays on it's intended path quite well.

yeah, but will it make coffee? That's the big question

 

[North7]

@Glcmranger: Not only was that covered in the opening section of the article, but one of the contributors to the article (and is credited at the bottom of the article if you cared to look up his profession/industry), @Rocketeer Rick, commented on exactly your question yesterday.

Feel free to ask questions which weren't immediately covered in the article. It's quite detailed and informative!

The article is longer than War & Peace, perhaps a few crib notes and answers would not hurt.

 

[mdepll]

Cheat notes anyone ?

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