Lock-rites for 10b and Detroits for 14bff.
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Locker vs. spool vs. welded
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Detroit or Grizzly. I've been happy with both in my 14 bolts I've got right meow.
Im not a fan of welded diffs, been there done that. It works, just not my first choice.
Im not a fan of welded diffs, been there done that. It works, just not my first choice.
Kill it with fire! The only time I noticed the welded diff in mine was as the gas station.. Concrete and tsl tires really talk, they also make you the center of attention. Otherwise I really appreciated the locked up feeling on deceleration. Unless you run selectable locked the others lock moving fwd not in reverse..
?? Mine are locked either direction. Spartan and Detroit.
My Powertrax locks both directions also.
Hoss7979
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Mine stopped working 370 days later after I bought it.....no more warranty! So I Tig welded spots around the ratchet gears of the Detroit and its worked great ever since!. Run a spooled Dana 60 in the front as well w/ no issues.....
So it is always locked now?
Detroit or Orb of traction for a 14ff. Had I not got a really good deal on a Detroit I would have went with the Orb.
Is this a new black magic locker?
yup.....magic it is, https://ck5.com/forums/threads/14-bolt-mini-spool.313572/#post-3392091 .... search you must
Hoss7979
1/2 ton status
Yep & it's been like that for 11yrs now!black dawg
1/2 ton status
So, what did it stop doing?
Hoss7979
1/2 ton status
black dawg
1/2 ton status
Locking......
1 axle? both axles? Just curious, dont see how one suddenly couldnt work without being broken.
Hoss7979
1/2 ton status
Just the 14 bolt, can't remember which shaft but one wasn't spinning any more....and was conformed when a burnout was done. Your axle can still be drivable it was just ratcheting and not locking back into the main body. So I welded both outer ratchets to the main body of the carrier.....and then we had
again! 
My brother has the Orb of traction, and I have a Detroit. I see/feel not one difference.
Oh, and I have a welded front.
Spools and welded lockers are always predictable and when they break they don't half ass it..just saying
