Reply to "LSD in my ZF box"

The Detroit-lokcker has no clutches in it. It has interlocking plates that are engauged by a spring.
It doesn't really wear out.
Most get replaced because the owner can't stand them.

I remember a story about a friend that had a 66 Shelby GT350 with one in it. Just after they had gotten it, his wife took it to the Super Market (it was their daily transportation then).

She began to back the car up and thud...great she thought, I just backed into something. She gets out of the car and walks around it and there isn't anything within 20 feet of her. Lockers are like that.

I remember a day when I was coming home in my GT350 and the last turn for home was a 90 degree left hand turn at a stop light.

Well this day the light was out and a motorcycle cop is directing traffic. No problem right?
Well the locker is famous amongst other things for locking the inside wheel. Now if you think about it this is the opposite from what should happen right? The outside tire should be locked.

Well, I knew this was going to happen and I make my full stop waiting for direction from this nice police officer.

He sees my signal and waves me on. Don't you think that the locker causes a scene? It locks the inside tire causing not only that tire to churp, It sounds like the rear breaks or runs over a garbage can or a police motorcycle and leaves a steak of tire rubber and smoke for about 100 feet.

If that cop would have had Supermans x-ray vision, I'd be dead now.
But this is just the normal operating actions of th Detroit-locker. You gotta luv 'em but mostly I hate them.

Exactly how the ZF rear is intended to operate is confusing to me. It SEEMS to have this same type of locking, unlocking action, but with clutches. I just don't get how it works?