The value of a locking differential

[Cheetah 210es]

Re: The value of a locking differential


I laugh in the face of your 4' boulder.

 

[jkust]

Re: The value of a locking differential

Nobody I off road with would use a G80 for anything. Light duty parts and I have seen dozens of them fail. Pile of junk if you are rock crawling. We all run ARB's or Detroits though. You can't run up the side of a 4 foot boulder with a G80. Well, you could but the diff won't survive.
Besides, they fling their guts all over when you run anything bigger than 33 inch tires. I haven't seen any trucks running them for many years now and there's good reason for that.
Now they will survive in a street truck and at the boat ramp. They just don't cut it on Hal Jons or the Ice Man trails in S.D.

No govloc here!

If you want ultimate strength, nothing beat mog portals.

Those pics are a bit more offroad that I was thinking and so are those trucks...especially that last one. I couldn't see anybody willingly installing a G80 in one of those built rigs.

 

[ricohman]

Re: The value of a locking differential

Those pics are a bit more offroad that I was thinking and so are those trucks...especially that last one. I couldn't see anybody willingly installing a G80 in one of those built rigs.

I've seen many 14 bolt axles under Land Cruisers so it is possible. But nobody would run a govloc anyways. They usually get tossed when new gearing goes in.

 

[cyclops2]

Re: The value of a locking differential

Ricohman

That setup you have is really a 4 wheel drive ?

It divides power as needed to wheels with the most traction.
I guees you would need 1 more positraction in the transfercase to go fully 4 wheeled ?

 

[ricohman]

Re: The value of a locking differential

Ricohman

That setup you have is really a 4 wheel drive ?

It divides power as needed to wheels with the most traction.
I guees you would need 1 more positraction in the transfercase to go fully 4 wheeled ?

The green 40 in the middle is my trail truck. It has a front ARB and a rear aussielocker. The tcase is either locked in 2wd or 4wd high or 2wd or 4wd low. No need for a locker in this tcase. You are thinking of full time 4wd tcase.
My 2010 F350 has a similar tcase and it has front and read limited slips as this is my tow rig. Limited slips are really the best option for street trucks that see snow.

 

[jkust]

Re: The value of a locking differential

I've seen many 14 bolt axles under Land Cruisers so it is possible. But nobody would run a govloc anyways. They usually get tossed when new gearing goes in.

Off road to me is trails, some swamp and a few hills or rock like you mentioned it as light duty vs rock climing. Of course I live in MN where there aren't many areas with a lot of rocks or expansive hills. Of course i'v always got boat ramps in the back of my mind with my comments here.

 

[ricohman]

Re: The value of a locking differential

Off road to me is trails, some swamp and a few hills or rock like you mentioned it as light duty vs rock climing. Of course I live in MN where there aren't many areas with a lot of rocks or expansive hills. Of course i'v always got boat ramps in the back of my mind with my comments here.

I agree that the g80 will survive just fine under normal use. But I would also choose a quality limited slip over the eaton. If I had a g80 in my tow rig I would run it until it broke, and that could be a long time if your not heavy on the gas.