FollowupID: 2840 Submitted:
Thursday, Sep 05, 2002 at 00:00
Awephius posted:
Last year I trialed the detroit gearless locker in the rear of a '93 suzuki vitara. Yeah yeah, its a shopping trolley - give it clearance and serious wheel travel and tires, and it's not too bad. With the locker in the rear it was UNBELIEVABLE off road. On road it changed my vehicle more than I expected.
In the parking lot, it shuddered and banged. On corners the inside rear where spun. On wet roads...the rear end broke loose like grandpa after a pint of guinness.
That asside, I found if I changed my driving style to that I was taught; brake before the corner, and the drive upto and around it....everything was smooth and sweet. Sometimes when you laxed into the old ways of braking into a corner, you found yourself bunnyhopping.
I was relieved to read your posting as I too wonder if an Air locker gives the best of both worlds; open
on the road and locked in the dirt.
Maybe the the trolley was too light for an auto locker?
Maybe ther was a fault with the design of the gearless locker (oh yeah, it broke :) .
I'm open again, but severely missing the capability of a diff locker.
