{"id":3482,"date":"2019-08-11T22:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=3482"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:44:19","slug":"decoupler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=3482","title":{"rendered":"The decoupler."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our reasoning and expectations behind this.<br \/>\n<\/strong>We will probably be running in 4-wheel drive most of the time, as the consensus is that it\u2019s better for fuel economy and, more importantly, easier on the gearbox. However, having the decoupler fitted gives us the option of a suspended tow easily, and posable (we could be wrong) the option of using one of the front half shafts to replace a rear one should it brake, plus protecting the ATB front diff if a front half shaft goes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2973a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"927\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2973a.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2973a-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2973a-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_2973a-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">Photos and info to follow soon.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>In use&nbsp;<em>reviews.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Pros.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Cons.<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>Our conclusions.<\/h6>\n<h6>Other related or affected parts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=4973\"><strong><em>Engine.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=4984\">Drive train.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=4894\">Braking system.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categorie link pages:-<br \/>\n<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=48\">Reviews<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=411\">Permanently fitted or available<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=5294\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=5292\">Mechanical and electrics.<\/a><br \/>\n<em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=4984\">Drive train.<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The decoupler.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks for reading.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6760 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/avatar-d-100x100.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our reasoning and expectations behind this. We will probably be running in 4-wheel drive most of the time, as the consensus is that it\u2019s better for fuel economy and, more importantly, easier on the gearbox. However, having the decoupler fitted gives us the option of a suspended tow easily, and posable (we could be wrong) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/?page_id=3482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The decoupler.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4984,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3482","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22264,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3482\/revisions\/22264"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebeast.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}