Thread: Lockers...

This is the car btw

Originally Posted by Landy Red

Anyway, considering options, I am looking at Detroit locker in the rear and truetrac in the front...

Do the Detroit rear first with heavy duty aftermarket half shafts.

You probably do not need the front. It only adds a bit more and if you are here asking, you probably are not doing things that need that extra bit. Doing the front also really requires aftermarket CV joints and halfshafts, so it gets quite expensive.

I’ve never driven a defer Detroit but have followed a few and they seem to do alright.

I have an ARB on order for my current defer, had F&R in my 95 defer amd they were faultless.

Thanks for the input. Funny the advice you get re the half shafts. Some in here seem adamant about the need for uprated heavy duty ones yet others reckon it's not needed in sals.

Originally Posted by Landy Red

Thanks for the input. Funny the advice you get re the half shafts. Some in here seem adamant about the need for uprated heavy duty ones yet others reckon it's not needed in sals.

The genuine Sals axles are a pretty soft grade of cheddar.
Are you running greased or oil lubed hubs?
Slip a drive flange off and check the splines of both the drive flange and axle, if greased they'll generally they'll be suffering from fretting corrosion
I'd be going with Maxi Drive axles personally.

Running greased and with uprated flanges. Half shafts are newish so not much ware at all. I am thinking that with the increased ability of Detroit could actually decrease likihood of snapping axles as it will more easily crawl up and over... and I could have 3 sets of spares for the price.. and afford the truetrack in the front.

Originally Posted by Red90

Do the Detroit rear first with heavy duty aftermarket half shafts.

You probably do not need the front. It only adds a bit more and if you are here asking, you probably are not doing things that need that extra bit. Doing the front also really requires aftermarket CV joints and halfshafts, so it gets quite expensive.

Bud, there is plenty more I can do in future with added capability. So of course I am going to see how others here have gone?

IMO you are incorrect. I believe the stress on the axles is increased with a locker that is locked over obstacles
If your diff is unlocked all the power in that diff is transferred to the wheel with the least load. Say you have your diff locked and one wheel on the air ALL the power on that diff is transferred to the wheel on the ground whereas unlocked almost zero power is transferred to that drive wheel.
IMO stronger axles are a must when installing lockers