Lincoln lock or not??

Rastus said:

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Originally Posted by mudgod
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Originally Posted by mudgod
Being locked helps out a lot. Please tell me your joking about the Lincoln-lock? Thats OK for the front if you don't drive very fast in 4wd, but it would kill your back end.


Originally Posted by Rastus
How does a lincoln locker kill the rear end? I would weld the rear long before I welded the front.


Originally Posted by mudgod
I don't know :? This is me thinking out loud, OK? If you weld back and you are drive at HYW speeds, if those welds aren't balanced, looks like it would put a lot of extar stress on the barrons. That carrier would be spinning very fast at those speeds. The vibrations would wear everything sooner. If you weld the front you can still tear things up, but how often when you are 4wd are you going over 30 mph? Nobody has told me this nor have I read this anywhere. This is what I was thinking when I wrote what I wrote. I think if someone wanted to weld it, and it was not a DD, as in this case, they could get away with it untill they could buy a locker.


Originally Posted by Rastus
I see your point, I was looking at it from a driving and traction point. I've welded the rear in my Jeep and in my ole Truck drove both all over the place with no problems, other than the normal amount of wear \ stress a locker adds. the welds did break loose in the jeep tho and later caused the spiders to go south when I was climbing a lil rock 8)

locking, spool or welding the front makes it very hard to steer when your in 4WD, as does a spool unless you have a limited slip. Fix to that is hydro assist or full hydro steering. Rvreddog has a spool in his frt axle and has hydro assist. Bowtie has a detroit and hydro assist. I remember when RVreddog 1st welded his front he could not steer it hardly, that's when he went to assist, now it's a one finger turn even wedged in the rocks.

I think the carrier will be spinning at the same speed welded or not.

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