Thread: front locker Ashcroft or Lokka??

Originally Posted by ozscott

Yes I have thanks and I appreciate the link. Its the experience of one owner and a defender (I know they are pretty much the same, but the traction control may be a little more aggressive on the D2 I think. In any event I wouldnt be inclined to replace perfectly good open diffs and spend a bunch of dollars unless I could get more than a couple of users, especially on non D2's giving feedback. The D2 system, especially with a well serviced braking system and CDL is a very good bit of kit. So...I would like to hear from other users first. BUT I suspect there are not many on here, but I might try in the UK forums.

Cheers

clubagreenie has an ATB fitted to the rear diff of his D2, so you might want to take note of his comments above.

There is also a 4 page thread on the effectiveness of the ATB on D2's from last year:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...croft-atb.html

There are a several members who comment in that thread on their experiences with ATB equipped D2s.

cheers
Paul

Air lockers negate the TC, and are a lot harsher on driveline. The CDL is only one aspect of improving traction. The TC negates the need to think about manually controlling ATB activation with the left foot braking.

I ordered the Detroit True Track from GBR just for the fact that my front diff after 230k is probably pretty worn so now have a stronger one in there and off road probably won't harm.