Saturday, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:22
As for fitting chains to the front, I do it because it gives me forward traction(ie 4WD), steering and as your front wheels do up to 70% of the brakeing, stopping. Which end you fit your chains is up to you.
"on comes the lokka" makes perfect sense, as you said they are on all the time. Correct, but snow/ice like it is slippery, so when you turn there is no force to unlock the lokka, like on the road, and while it stays locked the car only wants to go straight, as any body on here will tell you, front diff (air)locked, the car wants to go straight.
So what I probably said is that the "lokka stays on" rather than "on comes the lokka"
When the first lokka owner, wanted his front one removed, I put it down to an incorrect setup, ie to tight/sensitive, but since removeing two more for the same reason, including driving one myself, I now agree, that they're not safe in snow.
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