l.tindle
10-13-2011, 11:30 AM
hello has anyone put an 10 bolt LSD from a mk 1 trooper rear axle into a mk 2 trooper 10 bolt front axle?
any information or advice would be much appreciated
thanks
liam
chadzu
10-13-2011, 12:17 PM
I have never seen a 10 bolt trooper rear axle that had a factory LSD. There have been a few people who have put an impulse lsd into the front of their troopers. The rear 10 bolt third is a little different than the fronts, mainly the ring gear is thicker on the fronts and the third casting is different because of this. Now, if you did happen to find a 10 bolt LSD, you could install it into your front third and all would be well.
It seems that it would be a lot of work for the minimal gains in traction the lsd would provide. Also, a front LSD will give you most of the downsides of a locker in the front with none of the true traction a locker gives you.
If you have it and can do the work to install it go for it, it may work for you and your style of wheeling. I ran around with a lockrite in the front for a few years, it worked pretty good off road, but was a handful on snowy/icy roads.
l.tindle
10-14-2011, 06:58 AM
well i have found a 10 bolt LSD but its not cheap £200 thats about US$306 so its not far behind an aussi locker and off what people have said its not really worth doing, so might just save up and get aussi lockers