Limited Slip Locker?
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Well if anyone still does, I'd love to have it. Maybe one day they will build in the technology into an aftermarket "vari-lok" system that is intelligently controlled via wheel speed/slip sensors that could also be overridden manually when wheeling.
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The advantage of the ARB Air Locker lies in the pneumatically operated locking system inside the differential. When activated, the Air Locker prevents the differential gears from rotating and therefore prevents the axle shafts from turning independently of each other. With both wheels tied directly to the rotation of the ring gear, the vehicle maintains maximum possible traction at all times. When unlocked, it operates just like a conventional 'open' differential.
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Hopefully one of the bigs will come out with one soon.
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From: New West / Vancouver, BC
Unless you are using your truck for Moab style rock crawling and serious off roading I really don't see the point of a full locking differential.
If you insist on going this route, eaton detroit locker. Accept no substitute. As long as you know it will click, bang and make driving in the rain / snow more difficult and unpredictable.
If your truck is used mainly on the street I highly recommend a spiral worm gear torque sensing limited slip. I recently had a detroit true trac installed in my 99' superduty and it's awesome. It's smooth, quiet and unobtrusive in it's operation. About the only situation it doesn't deal with well is if you lift a wheel off the ground and even then a quick spike on the brake pedal will send torque to the wheel with grip.
Good luck whatever you decide
If you insist on going this route, eaton detroit locker. Accept no substitute. As long as you know it will click, bang and make driving in the rain / snow more difficult and unpredictable.
If your truck is used mainly on the street I highly recommend a spiral worm gear torque sensing limited slip. I recently had a detroit true trac installed in my 99' superduty and it's awesome. It's smooth, quiet and unobtrusive in it's operation. About the only situation it doesn't deal with well is if you lift a wheel off the ground and even then a quick spike on the brake pedal will send torque to the wheel with grip.
Good luck whatever you decide
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From: monroe ct
I have been looking into this for some time now too. I would love both but I've been looking at e lockers. I don't really like the air systems. I'm looming for a locker for snow plowing. I can't tell you how many times ove gotten one wheel off the pavement and that good old pos limited slip was oh so helpful
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From: Lyndonville, Vermont
Unless you are using your truck for Moab style rock crawling and serious off roading I really don't see the point of a full locking differential.
If you insist on going this route, eaton detroit locker. Accept no substitute. As long as you know it will click, bang and make driving in the rain / snow more difficult and unpredictable.
If your truck is used mainly on the street I highly recommend a spiral worm gear torque sensing limited slip. I recently had a detroit true trac installed in my 99' superduty and it's awesome. It's smooth, quiet and unobtrusive in it's operation. About the only situation it doesn't deal with well is if you lift a wheel off the ground and even then a quick spike on the brake pedal will send torque to the wheel with grip.
Good luck whatever you decide
If you insist on going this route, eaton detroit locker. Accept no substitute. As long as you know it will click, bang and make driving in the rain / snow more difficult and unpredictable.
If your truck is used mainly on the street I highly recommend a spiral worm gear torque sensing limited slip. I recently had a detroit true trac installed in my 99' superduty and it's awesome. It's smooth, quiet and unobtrusive in it's operation. About the only situation it doesn't deal with well is if you lift a wheel off the ground and even then a quick spike on the brake pedal will send torque to the wheel with grip.
Good luck whatever you decide
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If you are on the fence with a locker and have an open diff, try a powertrax lockrite. It replaces your spider gears so no gear set up is needed. Granted they aren't as strong as a detroit or any other aftermarket carrier for that matter but they are cheap and fairly reliable. If you don't like it you can pull it back out or if you happen to grenade it, you would have toasted a factory type limited slip anyway and you need a real locker. For selectable lockers ARB is the best you can get.
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From: NH
Get a new Ford Super Duty / F-150 with the selectable rear locker option. When the locker is set to "off," your rear electronic traction control mimics the function of a limited slip - and, if you let it work, it is reasonably effective. There are situations where it is more hindrance than help, but mostly it is effective. Turn your locker on and you a full locker.
As for the comment on Jeep Rubicon, I don't believe these ever came with a combo limited slip and selectable locker...just a selectable f/r locker. Nice setup. And I believe the Rubi's still come with f/r selectable lockers? A lot cheaper than a G-wagen with similar lockers, if not as nice a vehicle.
As for the comment on Jeep Rubicon, I don't believe these ever came with a combo limited slip and selectable locker...just a selectable f/r locker. Nice setup. And I believe the Rubi's still come with f/r selectable lockers? A lot cheaper than a G-wagen with similar lockers, if not as nice a vehicle.
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Time to change your belief's because they did in fact originally come with a factory rear LSD & selectable locker as standard equipment on the Rubicon. The front was only selectable and the rear had to be engaged in order to be able to engage the front locker. I do not know when they stopped, but it was standard equipment on the original Rubicon's.
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Hmm, maybe so. Probably only available on the TJ Rubicons. I know other versions could be had with just a limited slip (not that useful) so maybe they somehow combined them. Who was making this locker for Jeep, maybe Eaton or Spicer? It was a Dana 44 axle.