-->> http://members.cox.­net/nnote/>> <donny1487@aol.com>­ wrote in message>> news:1114645586.576­778.106460@l41g2000c­wc.googlegroups.com.­..>> > Thanks for all the info. Bill metioned a spool up front to be honest i>> > know next to nothing about a spool set up. Can any body recomend a good>> > site for research and a good product for this set up.>> > Also, off topic, has anyone had any experience with the older (66-77)>> > d-44 bronco axles on a yj, my concern is steering and i have read many>> > post about this swap but none seem to go verry deep into this part.>> > This will be my first time swapping front axles and i know there will>> > be many times that I am completly lost... but that is my favorite way>> > to learn ­ .>> >

And how is the view any different behind a front locker or a spool?

A front spool would probably be handy in heavy sand or mud, but on any

A front locker or spool isn't going to play much of a role in hopping>> around, then spinning to the side and rolling over. The rear locker or >> spool>> will play a role in that scenario, but not the front.

And how is the view any different behind a front locker or a spool?

Bill, Jen had an Ox locker on that trip, here's a pic from 2 days after >> the>> roll...>>

http://jbjeep.terah­ex.com/Moab03/Jens_1­28.jpg

She was probably so confused by your tangents she didn't want to go down>> that road.>>

OK, so we've established that she didn't have a front Detroit locker, but>> rather it was an OX. And you've established *she* never told you her >> Detroit>> released causing her to go over; you merely *assumed* she had detroit. >> Since>> an OX locker is essentially a spool when locked, and it was locked >> according>> to the video, what's your theory now why she rolled? Did she buy gas in>> Mexico? Did she have over 15,000 miles on her spark plugs?

(a) Ox isn't vacuum lock, it's mechanically actuated via cable. (b) Let >> me>> clarify, are you talking about the rear axle, or front? Because the >> orginal>> post in the thread was regarding front axles, not rear, and you told him >> to>> "use a spool."

The topic was regarding front lockers, you brought up a rear spool and >> the>> symptoms of a detroit in the rear. Irrelevent to the OP, hence the>> confusion.

That ONLY happens on hard srufaces, it never happens on soft srufaces. >> And>> when ascending a hill, the weight of the vehicle will be onthe rear >> wheels,>> so this would have a minimal affect, if any, on the view from the top.>>

I do use a Detroit, but we are talking about a spool on the front axle >> and>> (you threw in) hill climbs.>>

A locked axle never free wheels.

A locker NEVER unlocks on dirt. That is why we use them.

If the tires can slip on the ground, the locker will never unlock. That

what makes it a locker. Remember, a locker causes stress to build in the> > differential because the tires can not slip easily on the pavement, this> > stress must be released before other parts might break. If the tires are

dirt, the stress never builds up because the tires slip easily. You seem

be forgetting that the locker only unlocks when the tires don't slip on

dirt.

If the tires can slip on the ground, the locker will never unlock. That is>>what makes it a locker. Remember, a locker causes stress to build in the>>differential because the tires can not slip easily on the pavement, this>>stress must be released before other parts might break. If the tires are on>>dirt, the stress never builds up because the tires slip easily. You seem to>>be forgetting that the locker only unlocks when the tires don't slip on the>>dirt.