[zookkid]

recently my rear diff has given up the goat and will need a new centre.i was thinking about a locking diff or something along those lines? what would you guys suggest including price,driveability and relaibility?
cheers jez

[steve]

open stocker diff center $50 to buy from your mate, could be lots more from a Suzishop place.

autolocker, approx $400? plus installation. I would rather avoid having an auto locker in the rear because they can be annoying if you do lots of road driving.

airlocker would be the best one if you have the money, approx $800 second hand (rare to find one second hand anyway, they last for ever so people hold on to them.), or up to $1200? new, plus air compressor $300?

[BlueSuzy]

or welded

cons:

Bad for tyres, diff, bearings
Slippery wet cornering
Some offroad conditions change the cars handling, wants to drive somewhere u dont want to etc.

pros:

Super grip offroad
Slippery wet cornering
Cheap

[Zook_Fan]

con for welding:
COMPLETELY ILLEGAL

[BlueSuzy]

Ha ha. Oh yeah

[Mike]

Zook_Fan wrote:

con for welding:
COMPLETELY ILLEGAL

only illegal if they pull you over

[joeblow]

Mike wrote:

Zook_Fan wrote:

con for welding:
COMPLETELY ILLEGAL

only illegal if they pull you over

or you have a prang and injure people and find out tac won't cover your costs and are charged with various offences.....etc....etc....

[BlueSuzy]

Ok. Welded is illegal.

Dont do for a daily driver.....

[Zook_Fan]

try and take a sharp corner and they will soon know

[BlueSuzy]

my tires dont chirp

[Zook_Fan]

your not trying hard enough lol

[BlueSuzy]

oh i do

[Mike]

someone told me you can fit an lsd out of a falcon in a sierra housing not sure what model if its actually true

[BlueSuzy]

maybe a coily lsd. but heard they are crap anyway. not worth it

[Mike]

wouldn't it be better than an open diff though?

[Zook_Fan]

yes and no if you later decide that you want to lock it up you would have to buy a new housing again. but yeah good for the time being

[Mike]

i'm talking about putting an lsd centre in the original housing

[BlueSuzy]

i cant really comment. Lsd for suzukis are crap i have heard, have u tried looking , on outers Lots of diff stuff

[Mike]

i'm too scared to post on there because someone will yell at me

[BlueSuzy]

yes i know, its abit testy atm.

[Mike]

BlueSuzy wrote:

yes i know, its abit testy atm.

whats the point of a forum if your not allowed to ask questions

[Zook_Fan]

yeah they yell at you for making a new topic and just get told to search. But yeah i understand putting the lsd centre in and it would be a good idea in theory but i just dont think it would be the best option when it would be rather hard to find one and put it in. LSD can some times be limiting as well

[joeblow]

can get lsd's from japan, quite expensive though. they are a good thing, but never heard of suzuki australia offering an lsd in a coily.

[BlueSuzy]

you can get lsds from states too, bit $$ too.

A mate had a 98 coily, It had a different type of diff housing in rear then a leafy? It was acting like an lsd....

[Mike]

joeblow wrote:

can get lsd's from japan, quite expensive though. they are a good thing, but never heard of suzuki australia offering an lsd in a coily.

how expensive in comparison to an airlocker?

[BlueSuzy]

lsd, is about as expensive as an airlocker on www.lowrangeoffroad.com

[Mike]

BlueSuzy wrote:

lsd, is about as expensive as an airlocker on www.lowrangeoffroad.com

were you talking about the diff lock at the bottom of the page?
thats no an LSD its an electronic locker

[BlueSuzy]

No, lowrange, i thought they sell an lsd? Last time i looked

Edit* Just looked, Nope no lsd

[Brett]

i thought lsd opened back up when one wheel is in the air because they need friction to work. that would be no good for a sierra, you spend half your day with a wheel up

is that right?

[Zook_Fan]

the idea of a lsd is to stop spinning of wheels without traction and yes brett it is correct in saying when a wheel lifts they open and are no different. LSD might be a very good improvement for mud and sand but dont bother if your going for rock or you will always just have an open centre anyways (pretty much)