From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 04:25:27 PDT
I know that they make a locking differential for farm tractors...i think
you're on the right track with this...in or out whenever you need it and
none of the squirrely stuff. It's the cat's meow on a tractor. Fred Martin
D O wrote:
> 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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