From: D O (dohe69@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri May 23 2003 - 13:23:01 PDT
Yeah I suppose the sudden and unexpected locking and unlocking of the
Detroit could pose a problem in the front!
Does anyone make a manually controlled locker? Preferrably some sort of
strictly mechanical means, less to go wrong when you need it. I don't see
Rockwells listed for ARB, which is the well known brand of air locker.
>From: "Greg" <czechsix@cox.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Lockers on M35
>Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:35:59 -0700
>
>Not a good idea to put DL's in front drives - steering becomes pretty
>damned
>impossible and unpredictable. If you have to use a front locker (not a
>limited slip - even though those have their own idiosyncracies), use one of
>the air or cable or linkage manually actuated ones.
>
>Then practice with it - slippery side slopes, such as in off camber mud
>situations can become pretty hairy.
>
>Greg
>Vista, CA
>
>Best damned Rhodesian Ridgeback in the world:
>(and not just because she bit Mark P. in the leg..)
>Mzirand. 2.27.90-4.17.01
>RIP
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "D O" <dohe69@hotmail.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Lockers on M35
>
>
> > Does anyone have one in the front axle? After reading this, I wonder if
>a
> > deuce would be able to steer very well at all in the mud/snow with a
>locker
> > in the front.
> >
> >
>
>
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