I hope it lasts long enough without causing any more damage.

 

but that locker in the rear still allows the separation of the axles to allow them to spin at 2 different speeds while going around a corner.

 

a true locker locks the two shafts together so they spin at the same time. it may just be my lack of knowledge on lockers but how would a locker allow them to spin at two different speeds?

 

They do...when power is applied. Once you let off the gas they would open back up. So unless you coast through the corner you would be locked.

 

oh ok gotcha, i didn't know thats how they worked. learn something new every day ha

 

i feel sorry for those axle shafts taking a curve. every welded up rear i ever had broke in due time either ****ty wewlds broke or axles. in due time it will give. its a cheap way out but i would hate to have that in the back of my mind waiting on when it lets go.

 

here is how each of them work for the different types out there up to and including spools or welding diffs.
read me
too much info for me to type but it is very informative for those out there who do not understand how a particular differential operates.

 

Be easy on it if you have weight in the back. Just arch your corners and don't count on the tires to slip and you will be fine if you don't do something stupid with it.
Had a mud truck with welded fronts once and it would literally jump when turning lol. That thing would go through anything with the fronts welded though . Rears were welded on that thing for a couple of years with 0 issues. Had a 460 pushing around 500ish hp and broke shafts but who doesn't when they beat the crap outta it....


Jeff

 

Pics or Vid's when the rear tires pass the vehicle please..

 

Nothings wrong with welding gears, as long as you know how to weld.

And street driving wouldn't scare me away from doing it.

I've always ended up with lockers, so it's always been a temporary thing for me.