Posted by john on July 10, 2000 at 17:34:13:
In Reply to: Wait a minute - Lockers lessen the chance of a broken axle. posted by Brian in Oregon on July 03, 2000 at 23:39:55:
With a locking diff, if one tire is on, for example - ice w/zero traction and the other tire is on pavement, and you let out the clutch, one axle gets 100% torque, which can never happen with open diff as the other tire will always take some torque, even while one is spinning away.