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  1. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    Yea the No Spin in the front with Overson hubs and air lockers in the rears or if they make a locker for the rear axles that is more forgiving than the No Spin. The 816's I left as is ( not bobbed ) both rears and both with No Spins did one heck of a job in the local mud pit called Hogwaller...
  2. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    Yea all my USMC 816's had the No Spin just like the pictures of the Detroit No Spin. Even the one that came out of a 916 was much bigger but same looking as the ones on the 5 ton Detroit No Spin. When I bobbed two 5 tons I used the USMC axle with the No Spin. Guess through the years we started...
  3. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    I just sold my last NOS Detroit No Spin last year to a member at the Trenton Rally. I picked it up maybe 13 years ago at the Ga. rally . Maybe take outs from a USMC 5 ton MV. The Detroit No Spin that was first put in the MV's and most USMC were called Detroit No Spin Truetrac. The Truetrac name...
  4. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    Yea no worries, with the Truetrac to much use on payment the sharp cornors will start to wear down.
  5. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    The Detroit lockers Tructrac that were in our older military trucks are Detroit lockers. See in the pic of web sight. Yea they work real well but not good on trucks that make a lot of hard turns on payment. Now there are more designed offered and still people call them Detroit lockers but...
  6. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    Torque does not hold the locker together it is two big springs on both sides. Power turn or coasting turn the locker will unlock. I have one for a 916/ 920 I will get some pics as it is apart in my shop. You can see how the ramps on both side ratchet if one axle is allowed to spin faster than...
  7. Floridianson

    5 Ton lockers

    Pretty sure a Detroit locker is always locked. Under power, coasting straight or even sitting in your driveway while your asleep. Only lets loose when the conditions on one axle is allowed to spin faster then the other.
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