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Front or rear diff-lock
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:25 pm
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 ?....
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:26 pm
by Emo
If you've got a rear LSD and it still works OK then I'd go for the front.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:40 pm
by bad_religion_au
which wheel usually lifts first? front or rear?
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:58 am
by twocs
Yea, usually lift front 1st. not hard with IFS....Think i'd get better drive with rear wheels..?..
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:26 pm
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
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:58 pm
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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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:32 am
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
front locker
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:01 am
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....
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:57 pm
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.
Whichever way you go the ability of your 4wd will improve dramatically, so enjoy!
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:24 pm
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.
locker
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:50 pm
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.