I have Brandon's bypass witch on my 2016 Eco and it works great. Makes the 44-44 act like a 44-45.
I also had Brandon's switch in my 15 Big Horn eco, it definitely helped that truck.
The auto function along with much of the FCA programing was a major disappointment to me.
I had hoped that the programming and "transfer case upgrades" had been enough to over come the short comings that the previous generation had.
So far as I've only had my 19 Laramie hemi for not quite a month so I haven't had it on snow and ice or worked it yet.
Hey everyone who's following the switch on the 4th gen and Anthonys truck, I just wanted to chime in and say I Havnt forgotten about you guys with the newer models. Ive been crazy busy with other projects but, I will circle back around to doing more development on my switch to make it cooperate with the new trucks. I'll get back to you guys once I find out what's going on and get more in depth testing done.
Thanks
Brandon
Hello Brandon,
Good to hear that you are working on a switch kit for the new generation,
once you get it ready I'll most likely be looking for one.
So far my t case has worked but it also hasn't had to work hard yet.
I had several issues with the 4th generation t case and it's several short comings.
Such as disengaging when putting the truck in neutral,
not having any holdback when descending a hill and using the gearing to slow down the truck,
the electrical activation was a minor contributor to the torque transfer through the t case
it engaged the front drive and allowed a ball cam to apply the compression to the clutch pack
to drive the front end.
An electric clutch that would hold the torque available from the combined engine output and gear
multiplication from the transfer case and transmission would be quite large and require an immense
amount of energy.
I don't know the exact amount of torque the old style clutch pack could transfer from the electro-magnetic
activation but I seem to recall reading something around 1000 ft pounds. But the computer
almost never gave the required commands to achieve that amount of lockup.