Torq Locker reliability and tire wear

Veganpotter

Veganpotter

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Forester X
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I'm super torn on getting one for my NA 2006 Foz. I live in Utah and love carving out canyons on pavement(even in my lifted AWD minivan). I don't really drive fast going up so I don't see myself engaging the locker there, and on freeway exits. But I'm worried about it engaging on downhills when stress is put on it. Or is that only when the stress is induced from the throttle? I've also seen people with this type of locker having it engage on rocky trails that are super easy to clear without it. But they wind up getting really bad chirping because it's engaging when the traction is really good anyway. I haven't seen this happen with a Subie, just Jeeps and Toyotas in person. I've also heard one explode but that was on a really heavy vehicle with a ton of power. I'm putting in the 50/50 switch. So hopefully it's a total non-issue on the road. But they do seem to lock up too early/easily on other vehicles.


*My parents are hopefully moving in with me in a year and I don't really want them to have to worry about driving my car with special care on dry roads either.
 
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@El_Freddo I would 100000% prefer to😂. Also, just maintaining traffic speeds is important.
I'm here asking for those opinions as I haven't seen much with fast road driving other than a guy with a WRX that doesn't actually like it on pavement at high speeds.
 
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I haven’t run a locker in a Subaru, I have run them in an F100.
Any corner/manoeuvre you do at 60km/h or above you won’t notice it.
They are locked all the time, and unlock when the rear wheels turn at a different speed, with the wheel taking the shorter path (one on the inside of the corner) staying locked, and the wheel taking the longer path (the one on the outside) having the faster rotation and therefore unlock.

This happens as you drive around at normal and you don’t notice it as the travel distance difference between the wheels is low, so the clicks are slow and gentle.

when you do notice it is in the car park, when the difference of the distance travelled between The wheels is significant, the outside wheel unlocks and re-locks in quick succession, apply a bit of power in the tight turn and the locking, unlocking becomes more noticeable again. You learn to coast & turn into a park.

Im putting an (un)locker in the rear of my SH, theoretically it shouldn’t need it with the traction control, my preference is to apply power to the loaded wheel, rather than let the unloaded wheel spin and have the TC catch it and correct it.

Just my opinion, other peoples mileage may vary
 
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Would be interesting to see more videos about how those lockers works with TC on newer cars, and older too , those locker videos kinda ended fast after couple tests. At least i cant find them.
 
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scalman said:
Would be interesting to see more videos about how those lockers works with TC on newer cars, and older too ,
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Absolutely! would be good to see some tests on rollers, with & without so you get a decent comparison.
@NachaLuva there you go, something to do in your spare time! :LOL: (hope things are settling down a bit for you, at least this lockdown is only for 5 days...)
 
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Wrong type of lock up there @Ben Up North! 5 days, we’ll see. Should be a piece of piss if it is actually 5 days!

Cheers

Bennie
 
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I agree it would be nice to see a like for like comparison.
On the rollers, a unlocker should just drive straight over, where the TC system needs to sense the loss of traction and react.

I hope it is only 5 days for you in Vic 🤞

I’ve got friends that were meant to come stay for a week starting Sunday, they’re now in lockdown :/
 
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