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Old 10-15-08, 09:11 AM   #31 (permalink)
'74 UA FJ
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Originally Posted by NaterGator View Post
The point of a locker is to engage until the torque difference between the two output shafts is zero, which only happens while coasting and when they are unloaded. Once it locks in a turn, it's not going to unlock until you can straighten out or come to a stop and back up. It'd be a mess.
It will actually unlock during a turn if you back off of the throttle. And that is from experience. Sure you get some popping, jerking, and chirping, but that's life with an auto locker.

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