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Re: Dana 60 Power Lok vs. Detroit locker
[Re: Moparrob68]
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04/21/21 01:31 PM
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blowndart
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but is annoying on the street when getting on and off the throttle it almost changes lanes. Anyone have any idea what causes that? I use a Detroit locker in my 9" and I've never experienced anything like that.
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Re: Dana 60 Power Lok vs. Detroit locker
[Re: blowndart]
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04/21/21 05:52 PM
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but is annoying on the street when getting on and off the throttle it almost changes lanes. Anyone have any idea what causes that? I use a Detroit locker in my 9" and I've never experienced anything like that. Neither have I...ever.
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Re: Dana 60 Power Lok vs. Detroit locker
[Re: jughed]
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04/21/21 05:56 PM
04/21/21 05:56 PM
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I have a power lock in mine but I doubt it will sway any decisions or whatever.
If my axle had come with nothing, I probably would have got a spool...but it came with a power lock so the decision was easy.
Rich H.
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Re: Dana 60 Power Lok vs. Detroit locker
[Re: Moparrob68]
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04/21/21 10:44 PM
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It was an NOS 23 spline Locker that I picked up at the Mopar Nat's about 30 years ago and just got around to installing it in the Dana 5 years ago when I built the Hemi for the car. I've owned the car for 40 years and it never acted like this before installing the locker. I might be exaggerating the lane change thing but it does dart side to side enough that steering correction is required to the point that I'm considering going back to the clutch style Power Lock but don't know how it will hold up to my 850 HP Hemi in a 4000LB car. Might try a spool since I need to get aftermarket axles anyway to be legal. Get the Strange Engineering S Trac but you'll need 35 spline axles. Surprised that your 23 spline axles have held up to the abuse. The S Trac is much better behaved than a Detroit Locker and stronger than a clutch type. Probably about the only thing that meets your specs. https://www.strangeengineering.net/product/dana-60-35-spline-strange-s-trac-3-series.html/
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Re: Dana 60 Power Lok vs. Detroit locker
[Re: Moneypit6]
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05/03/21 12:12 PM
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I haven't looked at any of the newer Detroit Locker styles in recent years but back in the day, a Detroit locker worked by keeping both axles locked together unless one of them wanted to turn faster as in the outside wheel in a turn. In that case the faster turning axle is disengaged. So in other words, the locker is always driving the slower turning axle. When they are the same speed then they are both "Slower" so it turns both. This is what causes the weird handling on the street. If you turn left it unlocks the outer wheel which sends all the power to the inside slower wheel which, in effect, causes the car to try and resist the turn. Hence why they were not popular on the street for turning. Thank you for making my answer more understandable. I’m thinking they will work better in mud, no wheel would stop pulling
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Re: Dana 60 Power Lok vs. Detroit locker
[Re: Moparrob68]
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05/03/21 12:17 PM
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It was an NOS 23 spline Locker that I picked up at the Mopar Nat's about 30 years ago and just got around to installing it in the Dana 5 years ago when I built the Hemi for the car. I've owned the car for 40 years and it never acted like this before installing the locker. I might be exaggerating the lane change thing but it does dart side to side enough that steering correction is required to the point that I'm considering going back to the clutch style Power Lock but don't know how it will hold up to my 850 HP Hemi in a 4000LB car. Might try a spool since I need to get aftermarket axles anyway to be legal. The Later over the counter 23 spline axels were the same diameter as the newer 35 axels, we bought two short side axels to narrow the housing that little bit (helped with stock wheel wells and the wheels we had in that day) they also had barber pole stripes the full length.
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