It was either "Whatever" or this:
You apparently want the long version, as well as an argument:
"For you to say that a locker is the ONLY way to go is naive and narrow minded. "
If you would/could read with comprehension, I say (repeatedly) that a locker is superior for traction to a limited slip and if maximum traction AND durability AND no-maintainence is your goal, then a Detroit Locker is the way to go in a rear axle. Not the only way (there are other very good lockers), but an excellent choice in any case. That IS my own opinion based upon my OWN experience, but it is also backed up by thousands of real offroaders over many decades of trying everything imaginable with a 4x4. Detroits are legendary for good reason. And specified by the military.
A Powr Lok limited slip is a a huge LIE in name and a huge disappointment in action. It does not LOCK at all, ever. Period. It cannot put 100% of your power to both wheels ever. It slips at a predetermined setting depending on clutch materials, stacking order & direction of the belleville spring plates, wear, and the amount of friction modifier used, as well as the amount of traction available to ONE wheel, and that is the wheel with the LEAST amount of traction. So if one is in the air, the other might as well be, too.
I have a Powr Lok limited slip disassembled on my bench right this moment restacking the clutches and springplates for use in a front Dana 60 for my son's Chevy. I also have a Detroit Locker for a GM corporate 14 bolt rear axle and a PowerTrax locker for a Dana 80 sitting right next to it. The Detroit Locker is NOT available for a Dana 80 with 3. 54 gearing (bummer!), but the Powertrax is, and I intend to try it.
Eventually, once the disgusting, weenie, pseudo-Dana 60 in my diesel dodge is upgraded to 35 spline (real) Dana 60 shafts and lockout hubs, it, too, will get either a PowrLok limited slip or a selectable locker depending on my available funds. I would much prefer a selectable locker, but I already have another (30 spline) PowrLok I could use by just changing out a couple of parts to make it 35-spline.
The PowrLok limited slip will be a good, transparent help in the front axle of either truck once the clutch and belleville spring stacks are set up for front axle use. But the rear Detroit Locker, and the PowerTrax locker, will far exceed it's capabilities. But the limited slip up front is better than nothing and I cannot afford an OX or ARB selectable locker for the front, so I'm using what I already have. A fulltime locker in the front is not practical at all for a vehicle driven onroad. With a fulltime Detroit Locker in the rear, that truck (for my son) will be what I view as "3 and 1/2 wheel drive". Two in back and about one and a half up front. Far superior to two limited slips and just as easy for an experienced driver to handle.
I'm doing all of this to these trucks because i have had both Detroit Lockers and PowrLok limited slips in my trucks before. I know firsthand what each can, and cannot, do, as well as how they drive on and off road AND how to drive them. It is alot like driving a manual transmission truck: Everybody thinks they are good at it, but few guys, or gals, can actually do it without trashing the clutch prematurely or even the transmission or encountering other problems (or whining). I make my living driving real trucks and I am very good at it. Manual transmissions, double clutching, locking differentials, power dividers, etc. are my daily bread, so maybe I take for granted what others find difficult. You find lockers "difficult". I don't.
The PowrLok limited slip is superior to most other limited slips because it uses the free spinning (no traction) wheel to ramp the crosshaft and clutch plates tighter as wheel spin increases. But there is a definite limit to that. If ONE wheel is in the air, the PowrLok, like ALL limited slips, is worthless. But love a lie if you like. It's a free country. And it is a decent traction aid for a front axle if a selectable locker is out of the budget.
It requires special additive (friction modifier) and regular maintainence. A Detroit does not. The PowrLok is strong, but not as strong as a Detroit. But it is "easier to drive" for inexperienced drivers on dry pavement. For guys like you, as well as your girlfriend, that is a probably important. Just don't skimp on the friction modifier, though, or you will be whining about clutch chatter and bad road manners from the PowerLok, too. And the "easier to drive" you make it, the less effective it is. There is no "in between" with a Detroit. It is always 100% on-the-job delivering 100% of your power to both wheels, though it allows the wheels to differentiate their speeds when turning. As soon as wheel speeds once again match, it is LOCKED. Period. A Powr Lok is NEVER locked and NEVER gives 100% to both wheels.
Further more, I at least, offered a link to a video demonstration of why a locker (in general) is superior to a limited slip for traction so other members could see a simple demonstration and make up their own minds which traction device impresses them. You offer nothing showing a limited slip is superior in ANY way except your mouth i. e. > to say you got stuck with an el-cheapo broken lunchbox locker once and your girlfriend doesn't know how to drive a locker equipped truck. Big deal. Neither do most guys.
Now, just WHAT in all that is "narrow minded" or 'telling people what to do"? That is my honest experience and opinion and is NO different than you claiming a limited slip is the "only way to go".
So we're back to "whatever" 'cause I really don't give a crap what you or anybody else puts in their truck. But the day you want to put your money where your mouth is and hook a log chain between your big, bad diesel and my tired old gas-powered chevy on anything but dry pavement, or try to follow me offroad, I'll show you firsthand how a good (as in Detroit, OX, or ARB) locker is superior for traction and strength.
You run whatever you want, pal. But when you ever get the courage to venture offroad into something challenging and your limited slip leaves you stuck, picture me laughing at you in your mind. My dodge's rear PowrLok sure as hell has left ME stuck on far too many occasions where my DETROIT LOCKERED Chevy would have drove right through in 2WD.
Now quit putting words in my mouth and enjoy your truck, YOUR way. You are welcome to all the limited slips you want. A "limited guy" should have a "limited truck".
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