Thread: detroit for rear of 110

Interesting thread!

I had an autolocker (not a Detroit) in my old Sierra, and it was absolute hell on wheels.
When it would unload, it would just about pop me into the gutter...

Maybe the extra weight of the Deefer makes it behave better.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

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Agreed

Originally Posted by DeeJay

A rarely occasional heavy clunk & minor lurch - maybe every 500k on average? Nothing to be concerned about I understand.
Kangaroo hopping around roundabouts & tight turns on bitumen- I'm slowly learning how to minimise these & I'm told this is mainly due to it being new.
You cannot pick its there on bitumen but I've noticed a lesser steering response while 4wd'ing in some circumstances, once again it's a payoff against selectable diff lock, so for the money it's great value.
Cheers, David

Same experience with each of these. The clunk/lurch scares the hell out of ya the first few times

Took me a while to master tight turns. I think the trick is to maintain constant acceleration.

If you are concerned or don't need a locker, consider a trutrac. I have one in the front and an open diff at the back. This combo has been great for beach work and once on a flat mud road. Although not sufficient for long steep inclined bush tracks.

Originally Posted by lump_a_charcoal

Interesting thread!

I had an autolocker (not a Detroit) in my old Sierra, and it was absolute hell on wheels.
When it would unload, it would just about pop me into the gutter...

Maybe the extra weight of the Deefer makes it behave better.

The difference is two things.
1/ The Detroit locker is far superior to the cheaper designs of auto lockers,especially since the introduction of the soft locker series.
( much better than the Detroit's of the 1970 to 1980s as well)
2/ The defender/range rover/disco vehicles have constant 4wd systems which smooths out the effects of the detroit even more as the front diff is providing drive around the corners too.

Hi mudder. I was thinking of going a Detroit but my 130 is rear wheel drive and im worried about it being a pain in the arse in the wet season. Have you checked out youtube of some vids on what they are like onroad.. If you are going a trutrack then disregard this comment.

One more thing is if you are someone who is law-abiding, auto lockers are illegal now

Originally Posted by defmec

One more thing is if you are someone who is law-abiding, auto lockers are illegal now

I'm going to do a Mick Marsh here and say, got documentation to follow it up with?

Originally Posted by BadCo.

I'm going to do a Mick Marsh here and say, got documentation to follow it up with?

Page 5, point 8 of the attached PDF says it is OK, unless I misread it.