lockers

For the most part, all four wheel drives are two wheel drives, when locked in four wheel drive only one front and one rear will pull at the same time, unless it has some type of locker. When you put a locker in, you will have both wheels pulling on that axle. One locker= three wheel drive, two lockers=four wheel drive.
The point................. A locker will often get you out of what you have got into. A locker will take you further in before you are stuck. A locker will help you get stuck worse. A locker will sometimes keep you from being stuck.
Bottom line, a locker is a lot more fun
 
From what I understand, also increases chances of breakage of an axle or something. But, this is for the reasons Chip noted above - becuase it'll let you get a lot more stuck.
 
RatLabGuy said:
From what I understand, also increases chances of breakage of an axle or something. But, this is for the reasons Chip noted above - becuase it'll let you get a lot more stuck.
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No, it's because without a locker, a wheel in a bind will not recieve torque. With a locker, it's getting all the torque the other one is. If it's bound up well, something has to give. With and open diff, the free wheel would be given all available torque and the bound wheel would just sit there idle. Hard to break something that ain't moving.
 
A 4wd without at least a working lsd in the rear is almost worthless as an actual "off-road vehicle"...

When you're stuck with two tires on pavement and two on ice/mud, you'll see the merit of a locking diff.
 
catfishblues said:
No, it's because without a locker, a wheel in a bind will not recieve torque. With a locker, it's getting all the torque the other one is. If it's bound up well, something has to give. With and open diff, the free wheel would be given all available torque and the bound wheel would just sit there idle. Hard to break something that ain't moving.
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Well yes, that's what I was thinking but too lazy to type out.
Hence when you're stuck w/ a locker, some thing with BREAK and you are really stuck; when you're stuck w/ an open diff, you're stuck but unlikely to break something.
 
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