Re: Locker mistake

[tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera)]

>> Lockers are also hard on components, as there is no
>>slippage allowed, whatsover.	
slippage
>when one tire goes faster than the other as in a cornering situation. As a
>proud owner of a Lockright I know this to be true.

May want to scope out the TechTalk Archives on the BinderBulletin.org site.
We fleshed this out before...

Lockers ARE/CAN BE harder on components.  Period.

BUT, Lockers generally LOWER the odds of breakage... driven properly (i.e.
no stupid foot), a locker allows you to go slowly over obstacles in a
controlled manner.  If a tire lifts, it spins just as slow/fast as the one
still pushing the rig forward.

W/ open diffs, the airborne tire spins *faster* than the earth based tire.
In the meantime, your front end pulls the Scout forward enough to where this
FAST (faster than the front tires if they have traction) spinning no-load
tire makes contact with terra firma again... and suddenly goes from
FAST/NoLoad to SLOW/HighLoad... which is when things get broken.

OTOH, I think rear lockers on the street are detrimental to *tire wear*
because it does take a little force to make a turn.  

Like any other good modification, it requires one to understand how it
changes the handling characteristics.

I put 33s on my Scout, and it woudn't hold speed on the highway with a
headwind.  (But I bet it will now w/ the 304 swapped in...)

-Tom