They are purely mechanical with levers and rods to activate them.
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They are purely mechanical with levers and rods to activate them.
I don't really subscribe to this theory, shafts don't break due to power, they fail due to the shock loading you get when a wheel spins and bites, a locked vehicle can crawl in a slower controlled manner whereas an unlocked vehicle often relies on momentum to clear an obstacle, this means more speed, more wheelspin and ultimately more shock loading and thus more failures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil B
having said that, the stock shafts are not very strong and we sell lots of the HD shafts but all things being equal I would say driving locked and slower causes less drive line shock loading.
Dave
Hope the video helps with your decision.
Front Locker vs Rear Locker vs Twin locked Differential - Off Road test comparison - YouTube
From personal experience (Non-LR but in a Suzuki with a Auto-Locker in the rear) - I had a Autolocker in the rear of my Suzuki Vitara and it was also my daily driver. the Auto-locker was a bit of a PITA in the rear when driving into carparks with tight turns, etc. After having it in the rear for a period of years I was 4wdriving down in Sundown NP and I was navigating this bit of a hillclimb out of a creek slowly as I have reduction gears in the Zook when I heard a bang. To cut a long story short - this turned out to be me snapping my rear axle and when looking at it and the other side - u could see the twisting of the splines to the point of where the axle did eventually break. Having reduction gears enabled me to tackle obstacles slowly which gave me great control but it is my opinion that being my daily driver and all the tight carpark turns, etc that this is what partly led to the axle twisting and breaking eventually. So, for me, I reckon it doesn't necessary matter whether u have a locker or not, u can "over time" still snap axles given the right circumstances...Quote:
Originally Posted by ashtrans
Your auto locker was not working properly. You should never have it bind up in tight turns.
It doesn't bind up when there is no load on it but as soon as u apply the fast pedal, that's when it locks up... I use it hear it click when I coasting around corners...Quote:
Originally Posted by Red90
I suspect it was one of those cheap n nasty lockers ( rhymes with cock bite ) which would've weakened the axles over time
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Originally Posted by discorevy
The brand of the locker has nothing to do with it... it worked fine for the period I had it in, I was just trying to indicate that u can still break axles even though u are not "sending it" as some would say...
That video is awesome. Made me reprioritise front over rear.Quote:
Originally Posted by lebanon
Probably will get both now.
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Originally Posted by Robmacca
In this case the brand does have something to do with it because as far as I know they only make this ( ratcheting ) type locker, which will fatigue the axles over time