Locker on front or rear?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Cal on Thursday, June 14, 2001 - 01:01 am: Edit

If you were to only put on one locker, which axle would it have the most benefit, the front or the rear?

Rocky steep loose terrain with a lot of woops.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Bill B on Thursday, June 14, 2001 - 02:08 am: Edit

REAR since on a uphill where you need most traction, most of the weight of the vehicle is on the rear axle.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Steve on Thursday, June 14, 2001 - 02:14 am: Edit

Rear. The front axle needs to stear. On off highway trucks CAT D400s and Volvo A35s Locking the front axle makes the truck crab sideways in turns. The only time that locking the front is a major advantage is when going straight where stearing corections are not needed. My $.02 worth

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Milan on Friday, June 15, 2001 - 01:42 am: Edit

Rear. For the above reasons mainly and also for the fact that the rear axle is a bit stronger.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Cal on Friday, June 15, 2001 - 02:17 am: Edit

So has anyone tried one of the cable lockers from Great Basin Rovers?

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Joshua Bova (Jbova) on Friday, June 15, 2001 - 10:20 am: Edit

rear, buy HD axles! I put a Detroit in and broke my axle 2 miles later. This is an extreme case, but it does happen.

-josh

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By John C. on Friday, June 15, 2001 - 03:22 pm: Edit

Josh, was this recently?


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