ok, i have a detriot locker and when i push the clutch in and turn it makes a click noise when a tap the brakes once while still in the turn and moving it will stop clicking?

Anyone have there detroits making nosie when turning?

if its anything like my lock right locker, they click when going around turns unless you are on the gas, then its locked up, sometimes its louder than other times.

how do you like it other than that?

well, it locks when im on the gas, and is suposed to be strong and makes it easy to do donuts so im pretty happy with it 


I have never been in the sidekick with a lockrite so i donno abou the nosie difference.

Yea, i think that noise i normal

Yes, a Detroit locker will always "ratchet" and make a click click click sound when you turn corners unless your on the gas. The lockright in my tracker doesn't make noise  turning corners unless its my drivetrain slapping around.  The Detroit is very nice and dependable, good locker!

makes it easy to do donuts so im pretty happy with it 

yeah your not kidding, i love it in the rain...... the gf hates it in the rain........

i can't wait till winter 

i just took it out on the pavment today and when im driving down the road and let off the gas it makes a clickin nosie too.  is that also normal?  i think the detroit is louder then the lockrite but i have heard that the detroit is made of a stronger metal and the lockrite so i guess i will sacrifice comfort for strength. 

yeah that sounds normal, you get used to it. you also get used to the people staring at you thinking there is something wrong with your sidekick. i got a deal on my lock right , thats why i have it.
ps. i cant wait for winter either 

Heheh.... you guys wouldn't know how to act if they actually made a "Detroit" locker for these trucks, instead of the lockwrong style of ratchet abominations........


Sorry, I know they work, but from someone used to being able to buy a real "Detroit" locker, it's hard to hear one of these things called a "Detroit Locker"

I know they will never make a true Detroit for the Tracker... I can only dream....

well, it is a detroit locker for a samuri in a sidekick case with sami sidegears.


But i know what you mean, i don't think there would be a point im making a "real" detroit because the axleshafts will break before the detroits they make now would break.  IMO

well, it is a detroit locker for a samuri in a sidekick case with sami sidegears.


But i know what you mean, i don't think there would be a point im making a "real" detroit because the axleshafts will break before the detroits they make now would break.  IMO

I am not talking strength, I am talking method of operation...  clicking, locking, unlocking, driveline windup, banging, darting in traffic, unpredictability.. these just don't apply to a "real"  Detroit locker..

Just looking at the way these work makes me uneasy...  the side gears don't even "fit" the teeth on the locker, it just looks "rigged" to me.

I am not arguing that they work, and when set up properly you get very little of the aggravating behavior I have mentioned...  but the physics of the two aren't even in the same ballpark.

X2...it's all in the shiming. But you really have to work at it sometimes to get a good result.

well, i got it set up by a pro so it shouldbe set up all right.  He has set up ALOT of diffs