Kaiser lockers? Anybody heard of them before?

Ah, I've just gone and re-read the thread. Someone gave me a bottle of singlemalt the other day, and I think I'd been 'sampling' it the other night when originally looking here!

The Jimnybits blurb on the Kaiser mentions that "unlike a lockright diff locker this Kaiser locker will operate as a normal open diff during normal driving and the moment traction is lost to one wheel the axle will lock up".

I thought this was pretty much exactly how a Lockright worked?

Nope. With lockright you are locked when both wheels spin equally. Giving 50% for each.
It ratchets when one of the wheels spins faster and then it "ticks".
Off-road, when one of the wheels spins very fast due to not having any traction. The other wheel will still get spinning.
Unlike open diff, where the wheel without the traction will get 100%, leaving you stuck at the middle of the rocky climb..
Sorry for my English, it not my mother tongue..
Assaf


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Hi, no worries about your English, I understood that perfectly well. Thanks for the explanation, it's all a lot clearer now.

I still reckon I'd lean towards getting an ARB, given how close the prices are, and then at least I'd have gained a compressor too.

Unlike the lockright ? What a load of tosh it works in the same way. They are technically an unlocker not a locker, they are fully locked under power and braking (including engine braking) and will unlock what ever side has the least resistance when coasting.
So just the same as a lockright but engineered to a better standard and replaces the full carier instead of just the internals.

Arb is still the way to go if used regularly on the road to give an actual differential for safe road manners.

That was well explained, thank you. .

+1 on the slip diffs i would like front and rear

Jack

I'd like an ARB air locker in the back and a limited slip in the front...

Oh, hang on...

Personally I am not a fan of limited slip diff,s. We had one in the rear of an old Jeep Wrangler that we did competitions in.
When the ground was very slick, you would steer to correct the slide then suddenly the diff would decide to help and send you in another direction. At least with an air locker its either in or out when you want it. Not tried one in the front so cannot comment on that. .

Not that im aware of but you could get in touch with quaif and put the idea in there head.

1066Boy wrote: Personally Not tried one in the front so cannot comment on that. .

Don't bother with an arb in the front......it takes all the fun out of it.

Slightly different steering and incredible grip...not spun a wheel since fitting them.

I have used Landrovers with full air lockers in competition off road. Incredible traction but the turning circle is massive.