[bigblazer8484]

I want to get a detroit locker for a 14BFF 10.5" but not one of these spin offs that detroit makes like an electralock or anything limited slip. How can i make sure i get the original detroit locker?

Thanks
Dennis

 

[4x4Freak]

The fact that there are only 3 aftermarket lockers available for the 14bff helps. The detroit, lockrite, and recently the arb. Just be sure you get one for the FF and not the SF.

 

[Whifflebat]

Ask for a Detroit Locker...its unmistakably the real thing, if someone gives you something else when you ask for a Detroit Locker, go somewhere else.

 

[Rastus]

get a spool.. never worry again

 

[bigblazer8484]

whats the diffrence between the spool and the detroit?

 

[fourwheelerjeff]

a spool replaces the carrier completely and permanently locks the axles together

a detroit usually replaces the carrier but on the 14 bolt it is made like a lock right, it uses cogs that lock together but will unlock to differentiate turns and such

look here: http://www.ouversonengineering.com/inc/pdetail?v=1&pid=100
this is a mini spool that doesn't replace the whole carrier

 

[Mudd-Dawg]

we put a mini spool in my friends bronco 9" and loves it. so if your wanting it locked all the time i would say for the spool or mini spool and have at it. if you want soemthing that will unlock when turning and when in a major bind then go detroit.

 

[bigblazer8484]

do you think that a spool will cause increased tire ware?

 

[Mudd-Dawg]

well cause when you turn both tires will turn teh same so one tire will be turning at the rate it should and the other will be "churning" at teh pavement to turn the same amount of revolutions as the other.....

 

[bigblazer8484]

thats what i thought... so a spool might not be the best idea for a rig that is a dd and sees more time on the road than off?

 

[Bruiser]

For a DD a Detroit or ARB would be best.

 

[Mudd-Dawg]

detroit for a DD or the arb would be nice also.

 

[bigblazer8484]

i dont think i can afford an arb in the front and rear...but it would be nice to have