borngeek wrote:al coholic wrote:So group by for air lockers is being organised by BornGeek...........good onya buddy!!
bull! you said YOU would!! (Daryn can hopefully help us with pricing anyway so happy to help if I can )
The rear locker and open diff would not suit my current driving style and the fact I spend a lot of time in the city in the wet and life would be pretty boring without the LSD. Dont get me wrong if I had the choice at the beginning I would have grabbed the diff lock now. Retrospect (I would have had to wait for the MN anyway which would have been an OK thing. -all jokes aside )
Now for the n00b question1.. If we went aftermarket (eg ARB) on the rear and remove our LSD crown... This would not be tied into the ECU electronics and therefore could be activated in 2wd yeah? SO fun could in fact continue on and off road.... risks/comments////
n00b question2.. If we kept the factory LSD and whacked a locker on the front.. (I have driven locked front wheel drive race cars so I know the strain and loss of steering involved from this at low speed and advantages at high speed but zero for offroad)
A couple have indicated (AG & D) that this is going to put enourmous strain on CV's (makes complete sense). If we engaged this feature only for the challenging parts of the track and disengage after we will be minimising strain but really what are the biggest killers?The fronts lifting and spinning then coming down and loading up = breakages High RPM/Torque applied during obviously but if you say engaged 4low and were able to adapt some sort of throttle lock mechanism (like the old lancruiser dad had you could pull this little stick and lock it at certain revs) and be 'sensible' (dont laugh) is this a feasible option given it would be something I would rarely use?
What precautions, what are the real risks, what have others with mates (no matter the brand of truck) have seen, heard or otherwise? The hard part is throttle control during the crawl IMO. Something in the back of your head makes you (even slightly) press the accelerator as soon as forward momentum is slowed. If your front wheels come up and land then you risk damage - with concentration and much discipline (something you and I have a lot of ) the risk is minimised....and it has been my experience from 2 mates with 80 series cruisers years ago that front lockers take you at least as far (further) as rears if you are only going to have one or the other.
To move on from that on the front locker.. Upgrading your CV's to something tougher.. Is this worth it? what will break instead seeing the weakest point will move! Very interested in peoples opinion here too....I hate fixing cars now...that's why I bought a new one I would consider paying for upgraded CV's if it significantly reduced the risk of breakage
//D happy to have you stick front lock debate in another thread just saw it started here and figure if it gains traction (pun intended) you can move it out
jop wrote:lsd front?
borngeek wrote:Thanks snowie awesome answer! I am getting evil thoughts about arb rear now that has been settled
Snowie I am thinking a throttle lock option that still allows instant overide if the throttle is applied manually... In cable setup it would literally pull the pedal down and you still had the rest of the pedal to dab throttle application as required but set the knob as the baseline of increased revs. allows you to yeah increase the momentum and move back to a realistic pace after that particular obstacle... hope I am making sense here
Surely as it is 'fly by wire' there be an electrical way to send the signal (and release it) working similar to how a sprint booster magnifies the signal
4wd26 wrote:Was thinking (and talking) about this a couple of weeks ago.
With the chassis stiiting around gathering dust- planning on pulling apart a cv and doing up a tutorial for the members- having a garage day.
Won't be until the new year though.
Gfoss83 wrote:The traction control in the MN would have got him over that hump no worries at all.
daryn wrote:I have been having discussions today with my mate who can help out with bulk buys, is there enough consensus in me starting a discussion in buying ARB lockers or not or do you all think it is a waste of time or would prefer to do your own thing
al coholic wrote:Gfoss83 wrote:The traction control in the MN would have got him over that hump no worries at all.
DiD Power wrote:lockers wat a waste of money just cant justify the 2k ea installed including compressor for the after market (arb) for a little bit of traction aid but i would of definitely gone the factory option if i could of. i would rather drive around or winch out and not to mention the loss of drive line warranty and the lsd cos the warranty was one of the main features that got me to buy the triton
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