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a whole pile of lockers? yes how much???
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Guess i should have bought those new 5 ton DT. lockers at the 2011 GA SS meet, $400.00 ea.I'm working on an M820 right now. I have been to boyces website and have asked about the lockers. They even sent me a pic. Good stuff, but @ $900 each delivered, I was looking at other options. I've got more than a few axles to do.
Not really. Just drive responsibleShort wheelbase and a locked rear axle on blacktop are a bad combination.
5 ton air lockers, front and 2 rears.last time I talked to ARB they had no plans for the 5 ton. Have you heard something? Give us the scoop!
There is only one detroit locker insert for that, about 15 years ago on the civi side the soft DT. locker can out. I bought one 10 years ago for my rockwell rs145, F650.My USMC m928 has lockers are they just detroits? Havent really looked into it. I do have the Locker Data Plate on my door.
Isnt that what an open diff does? Only allow one wheel per axle to push the vehicle?Control on blacktop(highway) with only one or both wheels driving on one axle, would be unsafe.
Likely it will push straight unless enough speed is had to transfer weight from the inside, to the ouside. The longer the wheelbase with heavier front axle, the less push will be occur.I think a lot of you guys really need to learn how differentials work. The key word here is the name, DIFFERENTIAL! An open rear splits the torque evenly between the two wheels up to the point where one wheel loses traction and at that point all of the torque goes to the wheel with the least resistance. A limited slip works in many different ways depending on what type it is but the basic principle is this, even torque to both wheels while driving straight and if one wheel starts to slip there are clutches or cones that provide resistance and therefore traction to the slipping wheel. You will not get 100% traction but you will get something. With a Detroit locker and the similar lunchbox lockers neither tire can rotate slower than the ring gear. If you are in a turn all of the power will be going to the inside tire because it will be th slower tire and the outside tire will be ratcheting around the gear. If you are off road and you lose traction on one wheel the other wheel will spin at the same speed since it is now locked to the ring gear, remember, it cannot go slower than the ring gear. In this scenario you get 100% traction to both tires. With welded spiders or a spool the tires turn the same speed all the time no matter what. If you are a couple pounds low on air on one side you will have an unbelievable pull to that side. Going around corners you will hear the tires screaming. Going around corners on a wet road can be very tricky because it may kick out the rear or it may just go straight.
There it is in a nut shell.
Rick
My USMC m928 has lockers are they just detroits? Havent really looked into it. I do have the Locker Data Plate on my door.