Originally Posted by
escossie560
I have a thick wall front with an atb dont think i can go back to open as the casings have to be machined. I have the mullet box but it only has the gear kit not the shafts (which is why i came home on a bar) But i keep snapping drive shafts i think the diff is one of the big reasons due to the fact the atb locks so when one wheel finds grip it rips the other apart.
if an ATB loses traction the wheel that is slipping then revieves all the power mate. hence why ATB's are really poor, as long as you can maintain equal drive they work, if not they are about as good as an open unit. the ATB never locks, is a pre-loaded torque biased unit.