From: Bobby Joe Pendleton II (bobbyjoe@chartertn.net)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 05:59:41 PDT
lockers in the front tend to resist steering. and want to go straight. Not
impossible to drive. just takes a little time to learn how to drive them.
They do cut down your turning radius.
Bobby Joe Pendleton II
MVPA #17657
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Lockers on M35
>
> Hi,
> As you may or may not know, the deuce does not have CV-joints in the front
> like most vehicles with front wheel drive. The deuce uses heavy duty
> U-joints for strength, I guess, but if you do not disengage the front
wheel
> drive on hard (high traction) surface, the steering gets very jerky
because
> of the non-constant turning of the wheels.
> The M37 uses CV-joints in the front axle and the 1950's deuces also used
> CV-joints.
> You can replace the U-joints with CV-joints from the earlier deuces (they
> are interchangeable), but the seals may be different.
>
> I thought that lockers are "transparent" if not engaged, so what's wrong
> with having them in the front?
>
> Cheers,
> Bjorn
> Meadows of Dan, Virginia
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