Rear Air Locker - are they worth having over standard LSD?

[fracster]

We are not as lucky as some of the Nissan Patrol owners from the Northern Hemisphere. We had Diff Locks as standard options for Diesels back in 1988, and now in late 2012, and there were somePetrol top of the range models around 1999 - 2001.... that was it for us.

Any Diff Locks needed to be aftermarket for the rest of us.

Thanks for the clarification mate, i`m getting to know how my Patrol works a bit better now.

[mudski]

Lockers would have possibly got me into even greater hot water than I found myself at the time.
From what I've observed, one mans "must use lockers" track is another mans piece o' p......

How true is this comment? Just think of the weekenders who buy their new toy, and first mod is a locker. This would give the inexperienced, like me, a false sense of courage. I want a locker myself but this is one thing I must be very wary of if I had one. Don't think, because I have a locker I can do anything.
Plus if I had one I would be expected to do all the bog holes and monster hill climbs first...And get through them.

[90mav]

Keep the rear LSD.
It would be a pain to drive on road with an open rear end esp. on wet roads.
Lets face it, even the most hard core 4wder does 99% of his km on the road, even if its dirt roads.
I wouldnt bother with the front locker either unless you plan to carry spare CV and tools to replace it when it goes bang. Not sure if you can get hub fuses for GQ but that would be a must if I was to fit a front locker.

[89gqpatrol4x4]

in my opinion a front locker allows you to travel slower and more controlled thus reducing the risk of breaking things such as cv's

[Drewboyaus]

in my opinion a front locker allows you to travel slower and more controlled thus reducing the risk of breaking things such as cv's

My guess is that part of the problem is folks don't adjust their driving style when the put lockers in.


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[Squalo]

My guess is that part of the problem is folks don't adjust their driving style when the put lockers in.

Part of which problem? The referenced comment certainly doesn't reflect a problematic driving style.

Dual lockers are simply awesome, except when they are not. If I had my time again I'd go AirLocker front and standard GU LSD back, I tell people I get sick of flicking the rear locker on to drive stuff an average Korean 4WD would cruise through, but really how upset am I about it... when both Airlockers are activated my GU will drive through some ridiculous terrain.

[Lewy]

in my opinion a front locker allows you to travel slower and more controlled thus reducing the risk of breaking things such as cv's

Couldn't agree more!! For the people that say that all it does is blow CVs are either driving stupidly or have never had the experience in having one.... ;-) Having lockers does not make you a lazy driver!!! But what it does do is save the tracks from being totally destroyed there for better for the environment!!.. Also pus way less wear and tear on your 4wd...

[Drewboyaus]

Part of which problem? The referenced comment certainly doesn't reflect a problematic driving style.

Dual lockers are simply awesome, except when they are not. If I had my time again I'd go AirLocker front and standard GU LSD back, I tell people I get sick of flicking the rear locker on to drive stuff an average Korean 4WD would cruise through, but really how upset am I about it... when both Airlockers are activated my GU will drive through some ridiculous terrain.

Sorry, my point was that statement is quite correct.....what I omitted was "the problem with broken CV's"......


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[Rustyboner81]

A cheap alternative is to shim the LSD to just tighter than factory giving a little less slip.
Ive ordered one. If i put it in i'll leave some feedback