Diff locks

[CaLLaN 52 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaLLaN 52]

Hi All,

Got a price for a rear locker t'day, Opposite Lock quoted $1850 fitted, ARB quoted $2089 with their mid compressor & airline kit!
Think I'll start saving for the E-Locker

Cheers

Steve J

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Hi All,

Got a price for a rear locker t'day, Opposite Lock quoted $1850 fitted, ARB quoted $2089 with their mid compressor & airline kit!
Think I'll start saving for the E-Locker

Cheers

Steve J

Or do what I'm going to do & put a auto locker in the rear.

[Heath74 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Heath74]

What's the auto locker worth?

[Anth120playdo Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Anth120playdo]

Under $500, I'm about to sus it out more. D.i.y install.

[adrian5800 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close adrian5800]

Under $500, I'm about to sus it out more. D.i.y install.

Is yours an auto?

[Anth120playdo Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Anth120playdo]

Is yours an auto?

5peed man.

[adrian5800 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close adrian5800]

I'd be wary of fitting a lunch box locker in a manual. The suppliers I approached wouldn't supply one unless it was for an auto. Worth spending another $300 and getting a Detroit imo. Much more refined and because your replacing the whole hemisphere a whole lot stronger.

Ades

[Anth120playdo Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Anth120playdo]

I'd be wary of fitting a lunch box locker in a manual. The suppliers I approached wouldn't supply one unless it was for an auto. Worth spending another $300 and getting a Detroit imo. Much more refined and because your replacing the whole hemisphere a whole lot stronger.

Ades

Yes, I'm not sure why.... Any idea?

[Grano Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Grano]

Or do what I'm going to do & put a auto locker in the rear.

Gday, How does an auto locker work?

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

Gday, How does an auto locker work?

Pretty sure its open until one side rotates past a certain angle and then it locks and stays locked while there is torque load. When you lift off it should open. Not sure it always works quite that reliably though.

[Grano Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Grano]

Pretty sure its open until one side rotates past a certain angle and then it locks and stays locked while there is torque load. When you lift off it should open. Not sure it always works quite that reliably though.

Cheers

so you'd lose momentum for a bit untill it kicks in i guess.

[seenthelight Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close seenthelight]

Yes, I'm not sure why.... Any idea?

I had lock rights fitted f/r to my last toyota v6 5speed OK off road in places but disappointing on road...wet road and roundabouts it would engage disengage
making the car pig root or gas it to make it lock and around you go side ways out only had it less than three month..
Off road in sand was disappointing as well dig all 4 wheels in (off camber hill) take you over the edge where standard cars would drive.
Best thing now is I decide when to engage them ...IMO I would never have auto lockers again.
Cheers
Geoff

[CaLLaN 52 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaLLaN 52]

Yes, I'm not sure why.... Any idea?

I had lock rights fitted f/r to my last toyota v6 5speed OK off road in places but disappointing on road...wet road and roundabouts it would engage disengage
making the car pig root or gas it to make it lock and around you go side ways out only had it less than three month..
Off road in sand was disappointing as well dig all 4 wheels in (off camber hill) take you over the edge where standard cars would drive.
Best thing now is I decide when to engage them ...IMO I would never have auto lockers again.

Cheers
Geoff

Thanks for the input Geoff,

Def going for the Rear E-Locker, ARB over $200 more & everyone I've talked to has had probs with seals leaking etc, but they due have a great after sales service, hope Opposite Lock/Harrop E-Lockers have same back-up.

Cheers

Steve J

[adrian5800 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close adrian5800]

Pretty sure its open until one side rotates past a certain angle and then it locks and stays locked while there is torque load. When you lift off it should open. Not sure it always works quite that reliably though.

Love it when people post when they think they have half a clue. Wrong..
A simple google search on Wikipedia;

"Automatic lockers lock and unlock automatically with no direct input from the driver. Some automatic locking differential designs ensure that engine power is always transmitted to both wheels, regardless of traction conditions, and will "unlock" only when one wheel is required to spin faster than the other during cornering. These would be more correctly termed "automatic unlocking" differentials, since their at-rest position is locked. They will never allow either wheel to spin slower than the differential carrier or axle as a whole, but will permit a wheel to be over-driven faster than the carrier speed. The most common example of this type would be the famous "Detroit Locker," also known as the "Detroit No-Spin," which replaces the entire differential carrier assembly. Others, sometimes referred to as "lunchbox lockers," employ the stock differential carrier and replace only the internal spider gears and shafts with interlocking plates. Both types of automatic lockers will allow for a degree of differential wheel speed while turning corners in conditions of equal traction, but will otherwise lock both axle shafts together when traction conditions demand it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locking_differential#Automatic_lockers

[adrian5800 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close adrian5800]

I had lock rights fitted f/r to my last toyota v6 5speed OK off road in places but disappointing on road...wet road and roundabouts it would engage disengage
making the car pig root or gas it to make it lock and around you go side ways out only had it less than three month..
Off road in sand was disappointing as well dig all 4 wheels in (off camber hill) take you over the edge where standard cars would drive.
Best thing now is I decide when to engage them ...IMO I would never have auto lockers again.
Cheers
Geoff

It works fine in my vehicle.