06 CTD Posi Rear end

[dhamblet]

Got a lot of snow here right now.  Needed to pull a 6-7000# tractor out of a ditch today so I chained up the RAM.  While pulling I threw a chain so I was pulling with only 1 rear wheel.  Tractor came out.  And I ran around with only 1 chain for the rest of the day.  Now I'm wondering if doing this might damage the posi, specially the part about pulling the tractor out.

Truck is an 06 CTD 6 speed manual  4wd, 1T, with limited slip rear end.  As I recall some older posi rear ends had clutches in them and doing this could fry the clutches.  How is the Dodge posi set up?  Is there a possibility this could do some damage?
Dennis in Olympia, WA

[noplugs]

Got a lot of snow here right now.  Needed to pull a 6-7000# tractor out of a ditch today so I chained up the RAM.  While pulling I threw a chain so I was pulling with only 1 rear wheel.  Tractor came out.  And I ran around with only 1 chain for the rest of the day.  Now I'm wondering if doing this might damage the posi, specially the part about pulling the tractor out.

Truck is an 06 CTD 6 speed manual  4wd, 1T, with limited slip rear end.  As I recall some older posi rear ends had clutches in them and doing this could fry the clutches.  How is the Dodge posi set up?  Is there a possibility this could do some damage?
Dennis in Olympia, WA

Dennis, our Limited slip (or Anti-slip) doesn't use clutches or additives. Its a gear setup and doesn't suffer from those issues. When you say you threw a chain, I assume one tire was bare while the other had traction? You are probably putting a little more stress on the one side ofthe vehicle but if you dont make a habit of it you should be ok. I also wouldn't recommend trying to pull anything at the full capacity of the truck without both chains.

[dhamblet]

Yeah, the chain on the drivers side came all the way off at the start of the pull, musta not been tight.  I kept going and pulled the tractor (Kubota L2900 4wd) out (it was buried) with just the one chain and 4wd.  I was impressed.  Anyway, you've set my mind at rest.  Sounds like if anything were to get damaged I would know about it instantly and it probably isn't bad for it to drive around with only 1 chain for traction.

[Cumminalong]

You're fine.

Like Robert said, it's not a clutch based setup like the Ford's have that will smoke the LSD if that happens.

Ours is nearly identical to a Detroit TrueTrac setup. It's all gears.

You may have put a little more stress on the one axle, but nothing more than that.