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Similar to a selectible locker?
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no..it will ALWAYS have whatever hub is locked engaged.
Nope. Doesn't work that way.
With an open diff, you have a 50/50 chance of either of the front tires propelling you.
With a welded diff, one hub unlocked, it doesn't matter how much you hope that tire will help you, it won't. You'll be dragging that tire basically.
Just weld the fawker and get used to 70 point turns. :redneck:
With an open diff, you have a 50/50 chance of either of the front tires propelling you.
With a welded diff, one hub unlocked, it doesn't matter how much you hope that tire will help you, it won't. You'll be dragging that tire basically.
Just weld the fawker and get used to 70 point turns. :redneck:
Binder
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Not a chance. Welded front diffs are a bad idea.
Darby1
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Mine is welded. I go wheelin every week and I'm poor with kids so i had little option at the time of my rig assembly. Everyone said don't do it. Everyone cringes when they find out i have welded gears f/r. It's not ideal but it works fine. I do not make 50 point turns. I also don't break stuff up front AND my longfields are the old 27 spline. Works great for me even if it's not as cool as a Detroit. And ya, unlocking one hub does not work, you won't go anywhere. my 2 cents
You just jinxed yourself.
halemytoy24
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welded my yota front and back front is ifs not a problems yet hard to turn ya worth the arm power overall havent broke anything only ran it a few times up harsh hills sum deep mudd just local trails but its fun and cheapppp... cheap fix till it breaks ill find out how it lasts soon it will be tryin jumps over a foot high 233k miles and ticking on and on!!:beer::beer:
halemytoy24
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wheel it till it breaks !!!!
Darby1
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i was thinking the same thing
I usually feel doomed the hole time anyway following the likes of you and pumperator.i was thinking the same thing
Were under the influence of cage. Ya gotta get on that man, PM me if ya want a quote on tube.
crash2
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Welded front works for some---not for others...
I have the option to run spooled in the front--and I can tell the differebce when the arb is on vs. off...
I have the option to run spooled in the front--and I can tell the differebce when the arb is on vs. off...
Yep.
welded/spooled front is great with it in front wheel drive and rear cutting brakes.
I have every option and combo possible on my pile, and I run most trails with the front locker on, rear diff disengaged and use the rear cutting brakes and the skinny pedal to steer through the trees. It is fun having front tires spinning like crazy to pull you around.
Do not try to crawl with a welded front....them meats need to be spinning to steer at all. Have fun with it. In the end it will make you a better driver.
I have every option and combo possible on my pile, and I run most trails with the front locker on, rear diff disengaged and use the rear cutting brakes and the skinny pedal to steer through the trees. It is fun having front tires spinning like crazy to pull you around.
Do not try to crawl with a welded front....them meats need to be spinning to steer at all. Have fun with it. In the end it will make you a better driver.
Binder
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:haha::haha: Nice one!
CHOP SHOP
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I have a buddy that runs 38s on a toyota, when I built it for him I told him to bring me the front axle complete. I told him to get a locker and 5.29s and assemble it all. Bringing it out all together quickly, I questiones the diff. I asked him nif it was welded or if he got a locker? His reply, "whats the big deal, its the same thing". After a year of listening to him bitch about the horrible steering unless its muddy was getting old. I told him tons of times he would be happiers with a locker, no luck.
Then it happened. He broke a 30 spline long, broke the inner guts of the birf.:eeek:
Bob happily warrentied it and said it would be the last unless he went to a locker.:haha: I put a toyota Elocker in it for him, He hasnt been happier:beer:
welded fronts suck, period. welded rears kickass though!:beer:
Then it happened. He broke a 30 spline long, broke the inner guts of the birf.:eeek:
Bob happily warrentied it and said it would be the last unless he went to a locker.:haha: I put a toyota Elocker in it for him, He hasnt been happier:beer:
welded fronts suck, period. welded rears kickass though!:beer:
CHOP SHOP
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also had a friend at the wrecking yard that wheeled a IFS toyota. He had welded the front and hated it.
He got a 4runner front with the vaccum diss. took it apart and made a cable to couple the axle instead of vaccum. He called it his "White Trash ARB":redneck:
still broke alot of ****, good thing he had a PU box full of front end parts!:redneck::haha::haha:
He got a 4runner front with the vaccum diss. took it apart and made a cable to couple the axle instead of vaccum. He called it his "White Trash ARB":redneck:
still broke alot of ****, good thing he had a PU box full of front end parts!:redneck::haha::haha:
crash2
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That would be my suggestion. I have had times where my rig would plow and not turn--and I don't have any problem turning the steering wheel with full hydro...
CHOP SHOP
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On my Rc crawler it has spools front/rear. On even flat inclines I can climb very steep untill I turn the wheels, then it breaks traction and starts to spin untill I str8n it out.
Wish I had a RC ARB!!:beer:
