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Front or rear diff-lock

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Front or rear diff-lock

Post by twocs »

Hey Hey....wanna put a diff-lock on the '98Prado... It has a rear LSD... Need opinions on weather to go f'ward or Aft ?....
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Post by Emo »

If you've got a rear LSD and it still works OK then I'd go for the front.
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Post by bad_religion_au »

which wheel usually lifts first? front or rear?
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Post by twocs »

Yea, usually lift front 1st. not hard with IFS....Think i'd get better drive with rear wheels..?..
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Post by bad_religion_au »

twocs wrote:Yea, usually lift front 1st. not hard with IFS....Think i'd get better drive with rear wheels..?..
nope, i'm a firm believer in locking the wheel that lifts most often. less strain on your CV's and Centre when it comes back to earth, and the biggest gain in drive
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Post by jonamaphone1 »

bad_religion_au wrote:
twocs wrote:Yea, usually lift front 1st. not hard with IFS....Think i'd get better drive with rear wheels..?..
nope, i'm a firm believer in locking the wheel that lifts most often. less strain on your CV's and Centre when it comes back to earth, and the biggest gain in drive
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Post by RedRat »

Go the rear, that's where most of your drive comes from when you're crawling up an obstacle. Front locker rarely ever gets used in my truck. (maybe I need to find some nastier tracks) Mates current model lux with zero flex is a new machine with rear locker fitted
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Post by error »

Front always the front...
Unless you want to do burnouts..
Locker on the front will allways pull you over, & you have the LSD in the back....
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Post by Sixty's Guy »

RedRat wrote:Go the rear, that's where most of your drive comes from when you're crawling up an obstacle.
The front first......... My theory is that when crawling up an obstacle most of the weight of the vehicle will be on the rear wheels, giving more traction. The front end will be lighter hence more likely to lose traction.

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Post by 12HT-HJ61 »

Put in another vote for the front ,for all the above reasons,even if you didnt have an LSD in the rear you would go the front.
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Post by luxembuger »

I replaced the lsd rear in my lux with an ARB because the LC lsd's are shite and my front end articulates heaps better than the rear. Although the front locker was fitted not long after.
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