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front or rear locker?
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:26 pm
by sideshow
I'm looking at putting an air locker in the shorty. It has LSD in the back, so I was thinking of having it installed in the front (can only afford to get one). I have spoken to a couple of installers and they suggested getting it in the back. Just wondering what others have, or what you would recommend?
Thanks,
Pete
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:28 pm
by redzook
front if you already got lsd in the rear
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:34 pm
by A1
Although i already have 2 to fit to mine ..... if i only had 1 the front 4 sure .......my lsd is super tight will spin twins if you drive up a enbankment and thats on cement
................mine,s only a maller though ...........
So go the front if the rear aint to crash hot just get it shimmed (tighten it up or try some of the lube that jk runs in his
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:39 pm
by greg
redzook wrote:front if you already got lsd in the rear
Sorry to contradict redzook but...
In the rear - I believe you cannot get the same performance out of an LSD that you can out of a locker... i.e. it will not completely lock up and you will have to spend your time with your foot on the brake to make it work / lock etc...
If you know that you are getting 1 air locker, and then planning on getting a cheaper locker (i.e. a detroit locker) for the 2nd locker - then put the air locker in the front... It's better to be able to control when the front is on / off then the back so that you can control when your steering is going to work well / or when it is going to be locked up...
Look a bit futher forward and decide what you are going to spend your cash on...
If you are getting 1 locker only ever - put in in the back
But
If you are getting 1 locker only now with another one coming - put it in the back, but if you are getting one air locker and one detroit - get the air locker in the front.
But
If you are getting 1 air locker now, and 1 air locker later - put it in the back first, and the front later.
Cheers,
Re: front or rear locker?
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:46 pm
by bj on roids
sideshow wrote:I'm looking at putting an air locker in the shorty. It has LSD in the back, so I was thinking of having it installed in the front (can only afford to get one). I have spoken to a couple of installers and they suggested getting it in the back. Just wondering what others have, or what you would recommend?
Thanks,
Pete
Anyone installing them will recommend rear as that is what is easiest to do. Front is the best then work towards a rear later!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:48 pm
by Bitsamissin
I'd go a front for the Nissan first as the factory rear limo works really well.
As they have a transmission brake you can't use the handbrake to help lock it up but you can use the footbrake to limit rear wheel spin.
Why replace a functioniong traction aid with a better one if the front is still open
A front locked Patrol with functioning rear lsd will outperform a rear locked only version in most situations.
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:56 pm
by ozy1
My old man had the Green GU out at Appin, with rear LSD and Air locker in the fron, and it went evrywhere i went with the duel AIrlockers. Id say chuck it in the front!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:15 pm
by Wooders
If the rear LSD os ok - I'd say front every day of the week....
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:01 pm
by Fathillbilly
FRONT!!!!!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:06 pm
by Maggot4x4
Gotta agree with the front.
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:51 pm
by 60serius
Front first
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:01 pm
by dumbdunce
put it in the back and swap the limo to the front.
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:25 pm
by Area54
dumbdunce wrote:put it in the back and swap the limo to the front.
Not cheaply possible.
FRONT!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:29 pm
by RUFF
Im not realy sure.
CAN I PHONE A FRIEND?
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:51 pm
by RUFF
I just got off the Phone and my Friend says FRONT
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:06 am
by sideshow
Thanks guys,
Looks like ill be putting it in the front
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:35 am
by sideshow
Hey A1 MAV what's the lube jk runs in his lsd
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:48 am
by bj on roids
RUFF wrote:Im not realy sure.
CAN I PHONE A FRIEND?
Rosso: "But i don't have a phone"
Merrick: "Can I ask the audience?"
ROSSO???
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:35 pm
by hypo
Front definately.
i found that driving round and over the brick walls in my yard that i only ever had the front on
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 9:46 pm
by JK
sideshow wrote:Hey A1 MAV what's the lube jk runs in his lsd
Repsol Cartago Multigrade EP so I have been told by the man who put me onto it.
Works like a treat. Gets both rears spinning running 35/36s. Only unloads when under a lot of load and fully crossed up.
Locker in the Front for sure!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:39 pm
by Strange Rover
Depends on what sort of driving you are doing.
If you are driving lots of horizontal stuff with tyre sized rocks and ledges and stuff then I would put it in the front.
If you are more into the steeper terrain and hill climbs whether they be totally rock or dirt/rock or totally dirt then I would put it in the rear.
Sam