rear Detroit, 1st impressions...

[sidriptide]

and i was all happy i was going to be able to use 2nd gear now too.. well ya take the good with the bad...

 

[Kejtar]

when commenting on auto-lockers, I think everyone should always say if they're running a manual or auto-tranny.

most people I've heard saying their auto-locker is annoying drive a manual tranny.

I have an auto tranny and the Lockright in my Toy 8" is completely predictable and has never locked when I didn't want it to (or not lock when I did want it to).

I drove in town the jeep with an aw4 and the d44 with detroit and I didn't feel it or hear it (unless it's a tight turn then the tires chirped a bit but they did the same thing with stock limited slip). Then I swapped in my ax15 and took it out on the trail and again it's near invisible in sound.

I did have it make noise on the street though when I had uneven tire pressure (when they rotated and balanced my tires they filled up each tire differently). Anyways a few secs with the compressor fixed it.

 

[Kejtar]

this is an intersting point.. i am currently running the AW4 and the new rig thats getting all the drivetrain swapped over is an AX-15.... i can see how it would act differently, but never really thought about it...

Don't worry about it it runs really nice and quiet with the ax15.

 

[Kejtar]

it's the reason a rig with an auto tranny will generally break less shafts than with a manaul, less shock-loading.

Hmmm that sounds like a stretch as you're not supposed to "slam" the pressure onto the differential with the stick shift. If you do I think that shafts will be the least of your problems.

 

[DrMoab]

They sure are noisy when you break um though. You wanna talk about a ratcheting sound. Holy crap!
Notice the intact inner square teeth!

Notice no inner square teeth

Don't think I need to point anything out here.

 

[BrettM]

Hmmm that sounds like a stretch as you're not supposed to "slam" the pressure onto the differential with the stick shift. If you do I think that shafts will be the least of your problems.

"lunchbox" lockers are more known for annoying manual tranny habits.

you've never had to drop the clutch in 1st, lowrange, 3000rpm? okay, I guess you can just stay on the little rocks :laugh3:

 

[BillR]

They sure are noisy when you break um though. You wanna talk about a ratcheting sound. Holy crap!
Notice the intact inner square teeth!

Notice no inner square teeth

Don't think I need to point anything out here.

:gag: How'd that happen? I heard these things last forever...

 

[DrMoab]

:gag: How'd that happen? I heard these things last forever...

Yeah I heard that too. I don't know. When it broke we were on a real mild camping trip in the mountians. No hard wheeling at all. On the way home I noticed it was pulling hard to one side. The next time I went to back out of the driveway it wouldn't move in reverse and it would only pull on one wheel going forward. Took it apart and thats what I found.

 

[Kejtar]

"lunchbox" lockers are more known for annoying manual tranny habits.

you've never had to drop the clutch in 1st, lowrange, 3000rpm? okay, I guess you can just stay on the little rocks :laugh3:

I've had a no slip in my 8.25 and it wasn't noisy either. Maybe I was just lucky.... And you can ask anyone that ever was on a trail with me: I'm not too easy on the skinny pedal

oh and little rocks?? I use them to get to the big rocks arty:
Something that occured to me though is that part of the issues and problems that have with the lockers is gearing. With 4.88's I noticed that I'm way easier on the rig then when I was with 4.11's.

 

[hjeepxj]

This is great info, should be ordering my Detroit in less than a month, and I was unassured about how it was going to behave on the street. Bookmarked! :cheers: