From: Bobby Joe Pendleton II (bobbyjoe@chartertn.net)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 07:36:03 PDT
After rereading my last post, I forgot to add when the front axle is
engaged. Jonathon is correct in this. I have owned 4 wheel drive trucks
with lockers in both ends and if the front is not engaged no problems, but
the a locker in the rear will still drive a little different and make a
little more noise and makes it a little harder to maneuver in a tight spot.
It is a trade off that is well worth it if you drive off road. I put a
locker in the rear of my S10 and it made it understeer a little. People
that did not know about lockers always thought something was wrong with the
rear end because of the popping it made in a tight turn, (parking lot).
Bobby Joe Pendleton II
MVPA #17657
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Joe Pendleton II" <bobbyjoe@chartertn.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Bjorn
Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Lockers on M35
> lockers in the front tend to resist steering. and want to go straight. Not
> impossible to drive. just takes a little time to learn how to drive them.
> They do cut down your turning radius.
> Bobby Joe Pendleton II
> MVPA #17657
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Lockers on M35
>
>
> >
> > Hi,
> > As you may or may not know, the deuce does not have CV-joints in the
front
> > like most vehicles with front wheel drive. The deuce uses heavy duty
> > U-joints for strength, I guess, but if you do not disengage the front
> wheel
> > drive on hard (high traction) surface, the steering gets very jerky
> because
> > of the non-constant turning of the wheels.
> > The M37 uses CV-joints in the front axle and the 1950's deuces also used
> > CV-joints.
> > You can replace the U-joints with CV-joints from the earlier deuces
(they
> > are interchangeable), but the seals may be different.
> >
> > I thought that lockers are "transparent" if not engaged, so what's wrong
> > with having them in the front?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bjorn
> > Meadows of Dan, Virginia
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