ive changed my rear detroit 9 inch to a spooled 9 inch..... will i like it better, or not

You have 4393 posts and your asking A question that has been asked A thousand times. Youd think after that many posts you could use the search button.:zzz:

Do you drive on the street at all?
It should be liveable. Your tires will always chirp around corners.

Originally posted by TEAM X-TREME
You have 4393 posts and your asking A question that has been asked A thousand times. Youd think after that many posts you could use the search button.:zzz:

hey num fawk, i god damned know what i got and what i had.....and i have read the post a gazillion times also..... i was curious (poll wise) as to the response id get.... im just damned curious to drive down the road and it be better than a detroit, i have gotten used to the detroit and it nver bothered me............ so i will post FIRST hand experience on the 2 characteristics of these set ups......... so go fawk yourself you asshole!

I have a spool in my Bronco and I love it . No drawbacks jus' traction ! It is a full spool and so what if it chirps the tires . I can
live with that .:flipoff2:

So go drive around the block and answer your own question.
But first calm down before you drive or you will not get the true expierance your looking for.

Originally posted by TEAM X-TREME
So go drive around the block and answer your own question.
But first calm down before you drive or you will not get the true expierance your looking for.

well, theres an idea :rolleyes: i planned on it :D im gonna answer, then post on here my thoughts on it, im sure there are a few curious..... im calm, just wanted to get your attention... this wasnt a what should i get post.... it was and is a i changed from detroit to spool, and im gonna know first hand on the differences, and which one I like better.... now before i drove it i was curious which way this poll would lean to, and compare that to my final experience...... are we all clear now? :D

I like my spool way better than the detroits I've driven. Too bad I couldn't get the gears to hold up in my toy axle. Building a spooled 9" as we speak.

If it helps any I like my welded rear. Just welded my friends dd up and he seems to like it to.

I dont have a spool in my rig, its still open. :rolleyes: Yea, i know..
BUT i have driven a spooled rig, F/R on the street and off road. It was nice, ride wise. No herky jerky of a locker clicking off and on. I took a few minutes to get used to, but i liked it. Off road, you have full time traction. No worries of locker lag or breakage.
Being that im used to open axles, i can say that a spool is no big deal. Alot of chirping, but who cares. But damn will you hook up when you gun it :D:D

so why in the hell would you replace a perfectly good detroit for a spool? unless you were hard up for some cash?

me thinks the newbie doesn't know the saga of ba's detroit/gear problems. Mine's welded and I love it, way better than when it was locked.

Easy

Originally posted by xjpart2
so why in the hell would you replace a perfectly good detroit for a spool? unless you were hard up for some cash?



well, ill sell ya a perfectly good ford nine detroit...... long story, but the detroit shows no damage........... ill either use it for a spare or sell it, not sure yet

Originally posted by EasyXJ
me thinks the newbie doesn't know the saga of ba's detroit/gear problems. Mine's welded and I love it, way better than when it was locked.

Easy

lets not talk about it please, I just wanna drink some :beer:

Originally posted by rockbound


lets not talk about it please, I just wanna drink some :beer:

ba hahahahahaha iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii know! :beer:

Originally posted by SMC I dont have a spool in my rig, its still open. :rolleyes: Yea, i know..
BUT i have driven a spooled rig, F/R on the street and off road. It was nice, ride wise. No herky jerky of a locker clicking off and on. ................................ :D:D


hehehehe....he said HERKY JERKY!!!

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

newbie speaking :flipoff2: .. where can i get a spool for a 9 ?

Originally posted by teknalee
newbie speaking :flipoff2: .. where can i get a spool for a 9 ?

summit racing has them.... 163$

After you guys get done pounding beers and fingering one another (grin), I'd be interested in some firsthand thoughts in the Detroit vs. Spool saga. Not so much interested in the street manners as I am trail performance.

We all know spools offer 100% traction. But on tight rockcrawling trails, the word I'm hearing is the spool pushes the rig around far too much to be useful. Several guys I know have pulled them in favor of Detroits.

Again, would like to hear firsthand offroad experience, particularly rockcrawling experience. A rear spool would save me a couple hundred bucks on the 60s I'm building over the Detroit I had planned to buy. The wife would really like that!
Dion

Originally posted by Blatant
After you guys get done pounding beers and fingering one another (grin), I'd be interested in some firsthand thoughts in the Detroit vs. Spool saga. Not so much interested in the street manners as I am trail performance.

We all know spools offer 100% traction. But on tight rockcrawling trails, the word I'm hearing is the spool pushes the rig around far too much to be useful. Several guys I know have pulled them in favor of Detroits.

Again, would like to hear firsthand offroad experience, particularly rockcrawling experience. A rear spool would save me a couple hundred bucks on the 60s I'm building over the Detroit I had planned to buy. The wife would really like that!
Dion

Do you honestly think that at 2mph when turning that the detroit is gonna unlock???????????? Dont think so. It is basically a spool on the trail. Spool it and forget it (coming from experience with a spool in a DD)

Originally posted by The Rockslut


Do you honestly think that at 2mph when turning that the detroit is gonna unlock???????????? Dont think so. It is basically a spool on the trail. Spool it and forget it (coming from experience with a spool in a DD)

I don't honestly have a legitimate thought about it at all, that's why I asked the fawkin' question (grin). I've been told by two people I wheel with and trust that they've seen a radical difference between a spooled rear and a Detroit rear in a SWB rig in a rockcrawling environment. Just curious about others' experiences.
Dion

i will never install a detroit in anything ever again. i hate the onroad banging poping and sudden jerks.

spools rule!

Spools *do* rule... especially when they can be turned off for street use.

Think I'll keep my ARB's. :flipoff2:

Randii

Considering that when turnign on the trail, you'll be applying the throttle, so the detroit will be locked, no different than a spool. The same idea applies to street use. A detroit is only slightly easier on tires than a spool, unless you are super conscious and coast around every corner, waiting for it to pop. Now it would suck to ahve one in the front while trying to make a tight turn on a trail, but I can turn mine off for that:flipoff2:
I bought a strange spool for my 9" figured it might be stronger than the summitt spool, and I've been burning up toy spools and gear sets (bending the ring gear flange).

. A rear spool would save me a couple hundred bucks on the 60s

A correctly welded rear will save you even more, see if the wifey likes that.:roxy:

Originally posted by randii

Think I'll keep my ARB's. :flipoff2:

Randii

yuppie spool :flipoff2:

Originally posted by randii
Spools *do* rule... especially when they can be turned off for street use.

Think I'll keep my ARB's. :flipoff2:

Randii


Pssst Pssst ah the lovely sound of 2 ARB's disengaging :D

SPOOLS RULE!

Can't wait to get my spooled D44 under my YJ. Be interesting to see how it holds up under the mild 5.0 I'm swapping in.:D

selectable spools *DO* rule, however I'll never have anything but a detroit in my d/d , tow rig.

I try to keep the lockers out of the tow rig. It keeps me from using my heep to tow the tow rig.:rolleyes:

Easy

where's poll topic #3 that says "who gives a fawk" :flipoff2:

OK you spool phreaks.....

What about cutting breaks? Anybody have success with full spools and cutting brakes? I'm talking ability to brake any single wheel, disco that axle with twinstick, then throttle and pivot on braked wheel. Not sure how it will work with a spool?

camo - you spooled up front too? Hubs or flanges? I should really pay more attention!

Originally posted by BillaVista
OK you spool phreaks.....

What about cutting breaks? Anybody have success with full spools and cutting brakes? I'm talking ability to brake any single wheel, disco that axle with twinstick, then throttle and pivot on braked wheel. Not sure how it will work with a spool?

camo - you spooled up front too? Hubs or flanges? I should really pay more attention!

it works. there have been lots of posts on this. i lock both my rears and it pivots fine.

I got a red neck spool..........it's called a lincoln locker it cost all of $.50, at the most, for the welding rods. It's ok on the street with larger tires but put small 31's and it grabs real bad. But I dout ya be puttin on anything smaller than the 39's

Originally posted by BillaVista
OK you spool phreaks.....


camo - you spooled up front too? Hubs or flanges? I should really pay more attention!

yuppie spool up front. i rarley turn it off :D

drive plates up front