spools vs. lockers
Lead Driver
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 9,236
Likes: 12
From: Senoia, GA
Originally Posted by poffutt
I have ARB air lockers both front and rear once they are locked you can not even turn on the pavement. They are locked solid I guess just like a welded spider. If I put on the rear ones I can turn, but I can fill my rear in jumping and churping.
-cutts-
Its Comin Right for us!
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,194
Likes: 2,657
From: GA
selectbles are definitly starting to come down though!! you have the arb, e-locker, electrac, the ox locker(well you used to could get it), and the new t-locker. I got a price on an arb and an e-locker for my front 60 th othe day.... 586 for an eaton e-locker, 695 for an arb, and 469 for detroit. seems like with all the different selections now, the prices are coming down(still way high) . Im tring to find an open carrier for my sterling rear, so i can weld it and ell the detroit to help py for a front selectable.
MAN i wish SOMEONE would make a dang spool for the sterling!!!!!
MAN i wish SOMEONE would make a dang spool for the sterling!!!!!
Posting Guru
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,772
Likes: 0
From: Spokane WA
Originally Posted by MBBFord
Yeah that explains it, lockers let the outside tire slip so they don't spin out on the road like a spool does, because axle is compleatally locked with a spool and when one tire needs to role more than the other it will, causing the tire wear and wear and tear on your gear.
Mini spools completally lock the axle like a spool, but is much weaker, and when it's put in a bind, it will break.
Mini spools completally lock the axle like a spool, but is much weaker, and when it's put in a bind, it will break.
Its Comin Right for us!
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,194
Likes: 2,657
From: GA
i
i thought it was the electrac that had problems??? cause it has that big chunk sticking out on front of the diff, kinda like the t-locker
Originally Posted by Thomsen
I have heard some bad things about the e-locker Kubota...I would go with the ARB
Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 8,542
Likes: 5
From: Louisiana
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
3 Best / 3 Worst Parts of Modern Ford Ownership
Brett Foote
10 Amazing Upgrades That Solve Common Ford Truck Owner Headaches
Pouria Savadkouei
Every 2026 Ford Engine Explained
Brett Foote
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
Post Fiend
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 5,871
Likes: 0
From: Coutts Canada
To bad the OX locker wasn't picked up by someother company (i think they are still makin them, unsure of the sompanies fate though), but the cable ativation is the best way i think, no air lines or wires to tear up, granted the cable is still there but its a heck of a lot stronger then an airline.
Its Comin Right for us!
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,194
Likes: 2,657
From: GA
but if you do rip it off or break something on it, who are you going to call??? I plan to run the wires on the e-lockeralong the axle over to the leaf spring and up it ways, then to the frame