Thread: Maxi vs Lokka vs ARB vs Detroit vs..

Frank,

I find that when offroad the wheel will normally slip in the dirt before the detroit slips and if it does it is normally only one click. For all intends and purposes offroad the Detroit works just the same as a manually locked setup.

Even on road it is only on really tight turns that it clicks - on straight stuff I never hear it so I assume that natural bumps in the road etc tend to release the bit of windup in the rear axle. Good highways might be different but at 100kph in a 101 I would never hear it anyway.

I have had mine in for 18 months and covered 12,000km onroad and various offroad conditions and in driving the vehicle you would never know it was there and working away. I have no unusual wear patterns in the back tyres and in mine the rears wear better than the fronts.

Cheers

Garry

Could you answer
Make of Locker - Detroit
Type of Locker - Full Detroit rear, truetrack front
Front, Rear or both - as above
Main Type of Off-road driving - main type would be sand driving; have dabbled with rock crawling.
Verdict - Brilliant! Cheap - Easy Install - No wires/hoses - No worrying about locking/unlocking. As mentioned by others the detroit will make your turning circle larger if you are on a loose surface and are hard on the gas while turning the corner - Generally if you are easy on the throttle the car will turn the same as with a locked centre diff.