Reason I asked about LSD on asphalt, could maybe help in wet conditions.
"say" good on boat ramp extra bite but not fully locked, some give and less strain on drive train.
especially given pulling extra weight for this example.
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Reason I asked about LSD on asphalt, could maybe help in wet conditions.
"say" good on boat ramp extra bite but not fully locked, some give and less strain on drive train.
especially given pulling extra weight for this example.
I'm sorry, but what is "an auto locker"?Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeG
Not air or electrically activated it's a mechanical part google 4wd systems and check em out or Lokka similar to a Detroit locker
Some are centrifugal. The Lokka when in 4wd is always locked until you turn your steering wheel it'll lock again when turning if there's any slippage or when you power on
The vehiclw wAS A 2006 Holden rodeo fitted with a slide on camper long range fuel tank uprated springs and would run with around 850 kg on the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by GU 2
Unfortunatels the centre of mass was slightly behind the rear wheels so on courugared roads the vehicle would porpoise slightly which gave verry light steering and poor brakes (in fact we bailed out of the final part of the Cape development road as it was quite frightening , my freind almost ripped off the tub back on his)
When in 4WD this was negated- on a 12,000 km trip (with a similar Rodeo which had a Air Locka ) we both found the results the same, how ever the auto locka would make my steering heavy celf centre as it was locking under power hence the need to go round corners in tangents, we met a similar Hilux set up where the owner had done a chassis streach on his dual cab to solve the problem and in so rarely used 4WD as the weight was now in fron of the rear wheels and vehicle stable at all speeds and terain.
So learning from the hilux set up we traded the Rodeo and built the custom Patrol I now use.
We live on a dirt road < 30 deg through a dairy farmn (which I maintain) and use 4WD daily this doubles the rear tyre life and greately reduces the formation of corrugations, it also improves braking imencely so we use 4WD on hard surfaces for safety (road often covered with cow crap as they tend to nest on the track at night as it is warm and dry!
in the 80's we had a Suzuki Siera which was suicidal in 2WD (on our track it would just go side ways all the time wither on power up or brakes down) so it went quick smart and we replaced it with a Hilux Dual Cab and never looked back
JOE