Competition Lockers

[Kissfan113]

I am thinking about lockers for my truck and am looking at what my best bet would be, i am thinking arb front and rear but am open to any and all suggestions. I am not sure a detroit locker in the rear would be very street friendly. You can select multiple answers in the poll, If you put other please include what your choice would be.

 

[crawler]

If you can afford to do the ARBs front and rear then that is my choice.



However to Detroit in the rear should not be a problem for daily driving.



Again ARBs are first choice. That way your truck has an open diff when you want it and locked when you want it.

 

[MMiller]

What are you going to do with the truck? Pulling, racing, offroading, street driving? How much?



I run detroits, and have no problems with street manners in my long bed trucks. However, if you are pulling and break an axle, the detroit can fail when the axle does. Detroits don't like being unwound in a high torque application. In an offroad situation, detroits are bulletproof, but selectible lockers are the best of both worlds. If you are towing heavy goosnech trailers, then a rear detroit will not be a good towing trailers around corners.



We need some more info.



Michael

 

[Kissfan113]

I plan to do a lot of street driving year round as well as pulling every chance i get during the spring summer and fall, I don't go off road much. I do plan to tow lightly with the truck, I am worried about winter driving, i definately don't need a rear end that decides to walk away through the turns

Kevin

 

[Sled Puller]

I'm not happy with the Detroit for the tire scuffing, and it is nearly undrivable with P7100 dern tight gov springs.



But it held up to breaking both axles at the same time, and then later only one.

 

[DRadzierez]

I plan to do a lot of street driving year round as well as pulling every chance i get during the spring summer and fall, I don't go off road much. I do plan to tow lightly with the truck, I am worried about winter driving, i definately don't need a rear end that decides to walk away through the turns

Kevin

Seems to me you just answered your own question

 

[MMiller]

I'm not happy with the Detroit for the tire scuffing, and it is nearly undrivable with P7100 dern tight gov springs.



But it held up to breaking both axles at the same time, and then later only one.

If you don't like the Detroit for the tire scuffing, you aught to try a spool, the detroit is darn near invisible compared to a spool :-laf



I think you answered your own question too, seems to me you need a pair of selectable lockers.



I myself like the rear end to walk around a little in the winter time, its better then getting stuck with one tire on a sheet of ice, and one tire on dry pavement.



Michael

 

[DRadzierez]

If you don't like the Detroit for the tire scuffing, you aught to try a spool, the detroit is darn near invisible compared to a spool :-laf



I think you answered your own question too, seems to me you need a pair of selectable lockers.



I myself like the rear end to walk around a little in the winter time, its better then getting stuck with one tire on a sheet of ice, and one tire on dry pavement.



Michael

You guys keep talkin about detroits,arb,power locks. Myself I cant handle the old 1 wheel peel. Lets get down to hilljack engineering tell um sleddy just put a lincoln locker in it. Weld it tight and hold on ----because you just gave it a mind of its own---then put your pullin truck on the back (with the high dollar lockers installed in it. ) and leave the east coast head for indy. Oh Yeah at about 85-90 the puckering begins

 

[Sled Puller]

I had a Lincoln locker for 2 pulls... snap!!!!



I can't believe I'm the only one with an elctric front locker? Sheesh!

 

[DRadzierez]

I had a Lincoln locker for 2 pulls... snap!!!!



I can't believe I'm the only one with an elctric front locker? Sheesh!

Sleddy Ive seen your welds ----- stick to the detroit