I've Always wanted to lock the front. I've been afraid though, especially since I popped a cv with the open front diff. Might be a good time for kraze to put some of those lotus axles to the test ;).
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dang looks like a fun little spot. Very nice photos that 3 wheel woulda made me poop myself! i've heard of that place before but never seen pictures. Im also somewhat local (ramona) if you guys ever want mant to play around, get at me
I've Always wanted to lock the front. I've been afraid though, especially since I popped a cv with the open front diff. Might be a good time for kraze to put some of those lotus axles to the test ;).
A locked front diff is a big responsibility, one must use caution to protect the other components. Jeep guys love to hate Dana30's, yet capable wheelers use them, and don't break shit.
Used properly, they won't be a problem.
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I wheeled mine pretty hard for a year with the ARB and never really broke a CV. An Autozone one did fail, but I drove home on it.
Yes,you have to pay a lot more attention, and use more caution....I would recommend that you have plenty of experience before getting one. Especially an Aussie where you can't disengage.
The video demonstrating his abilities is in the workings as we speak.
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I wheeled mine pretty hard for a year with the ARB and never really broke a CV. An Autozone one did fail, but I drove home on it.
Yes,you have to pay a lot more attention, and use more caution....I would recommend that you have plenty of experience before getting one. Especially an Aussie where you can't disengage.
I can disengage the passenger side, which effectively makes it an open diff again, in the sense that the two front wheels can spin at different speeds. I used it quite a bit yesterday
But yeah, you do have to be cautious about what you're doing when you wheel with the front locked.
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RE the front locker, I wheeled with a guy in Moab who was running an ARB locker up front on a 1st gen Tacoma w/stock IFS.... but on 37's!!! He broke a couple CV's that week, but he was running some of the harder (er..est) trails... ie Helldorado in Area BFE.
When the time and money is right, I hope to lock the front of my rig and won't worry about it for a second. Nice pics, vids, and rigs guys.
I know pictures and videos never do the harder trails any justice, but man, that video makes that last hill climb look incredibly tame! Maybe we should've left in the parts of us stumbling/falling up/down the hill so people could get a sense of how steep and loose it was haha.
And that second time I lifted a tire on the water tower line looks like nothing on video too! I swear, 4runners have the absolute perfect wheel base... for not making it through that line haha. I do think I would have a better chance with dual cases, or dare I say it... an automatic
Still a great video though
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Not SAS'd. Not supercharged. Not dual cased. Not on 37s. Not good enough.
I know pictures and videos never do the harder trails any justice, but man, that video makes that last hill climb look incredibly tame! Maybe we should've left in the parts of us stumbling/falling up/down the hill so people could get a sense of how steep and loose it was haha.
And that second time I lifted a tire on the water tower line looks like nothing on video too! I swear, 4runners have the absolute perfect wheel base... for not making it through that line haha. I do think I would have a better chance with dual cases, or dare I say it... an automatic
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