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Diff lockers - Auto lockers v limited slip??

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muddyweb:
Thing with the TruTrac is it is the sort of thing where you never actually know when it is working.  Because it is all transparent, you just fit and forget... for the front axle, that is why I like it.

landyman Ash:
How do they work?  Is it like a clutch thing?  If so, can that wear?

Just curious really  :?

muddyweb:
No clutches in these.  They use a set of helical gears, and bias the torque across the axle.

If you get a wheel off the ground completely or a wheel loses traction, it will act like an open diff..  a little bit of gentle left-foot braking can get the bias back and return drive to the grounded wheel.

A bit more info :  http://www.devon4x4.com/products/7/Locking%20Differentials/598/Detroit+Tru+Trac+Diff

Henry Webster:
Similar in prinicple to the Quaife ATB.  I believe that the design is base on one created by Torsen.

http://www.quaife.co.uk/products/atbdifferentials.htm

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rollazuki:
I ran a Lock-rite auto locker in the back of the zook a while ago, it was pants. I have to admit on a heavier car it may have been better, and off road it was excellent, but its road manners were atrocious. It locked in and out, banging and clattering all the time.
Ive got ARB's front and rear, Excellent, love 'em, Id advise anyone to get a pair.
I only green lane and play tho, non of that high speed stuff, so cant comment for that kind of use

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