As long as you can keep the inside wheel touching the ground a bit,
the quaife works fine. Lift the inside wheel and it's still better
than an open diff, but not like some of the other diffs. The
Salisbury or the Locker handle an inside rear off the ground much
better. The Quaife forces you to be a better, smoother driver.
The reason I can run a locker is that my axle is based on a Ford 8"
diff., so lockers are actually available for that.
I'm not aware of sources for lockers for the TR, but would love to
find a source!
- Tony
At 05:49 PM 6/20/2006, J.C. Hassall wrote:
>At 11:47 PM 6/19/2006, Mark York wrote:
>>I just finished installing the rear axle with a Detroit Locker in the TR3
>>racer. [....]
>
>OK, now I'm suffering from Locker envy. I had one in my old TR4 and
>absolutely loved it, but understood that they're NLA, so I settled
>for a Quaife. Anybody know of a source, or a source of somebody who
>might know of a source.....
>
>break
>
>Since the "new" TR4 is still on jackstands, I haven't tested the
>Quaife in corners. Can anyone validate my choice with their
>experiences or did I waste my $$$?
>
>TIA
>
>Jim
>
>--
>Jim Hassall
>Blacksburg VA
>jhassall@blacksburg.net
>'63 TR4 in autox preparation - 90% finished, 90% to go
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