I just ordered a Spartan locker for the rear diff and I know they automatically lock when given torque but I was wondering, how much torque is needed to lock It up? Half pedal maybe any one here with a rear spartan locker thanks

 

Hard to describe, you just have to drive it. Basically, as much throttle as needed to make the inside tire spin (which is much less than you might imagine when only 1 tire is being driven) will make it lock.

 

assuming its the same design as the positrax i have, it actually works backwards from how you described.

at rest, and when moving in a straight line with both wheels pulling equally - its locked. both wheels pull equally.

when, and only when, you are in a turn - the wheels turning at different rates create a twist effect. the twist effect causes the teeth to unlock and differentiate. when the wheels come back into a straight line and the twist is eliminated, then it relocks.

 

I was talking about in a corner, of course it's locked in a straight line.

The No-Slip works differently from other lockers, it requires the inside tire to match the speed of the outside tire before it locks. I took mine apart and made it work like a normal locker because I much prefer it that way.

In a corner if you give it enough throttle, the inside tire will slip and it will lock.

 

hmm. i thought they all worked like the noslip.

 

Nope, the No-Slip has a couple extra parts that prevent it from locking until the inside tire speed matches the outside tire speed.

 

Cool thanks guys also i was also wondering what the (splicer) in Dana splicer 60 stood for?

 

Spicer, not splicer. From Dana website:

"Wheeled transportation might be taken for granted today, but more than a century ago the idea of propelling carriages with motors instead of horses was nothing short of outlandish. The idea succeeded, though, thanks to the brilliance of inventors who embraced the increasingly mechanized world, the risk-taking of entrepreneurs who believed in its potential, and the business savvy of industrialists who scaled start-up ventures to large enterprises that propelled the whole industry forward.

Among those pioneers were the founders of Dana Holding Corporation – Clarence Spicer, Joseph Victor, Hugo Reinz, J.B. Long, and Charles Dana among them. Their initiative and ingenuity still drives Dana today in our mission to anticipate and address our customers’ needs with innovative solutions."

 

thanks that was very informative and now I know