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I just pulled a Friends M818 out of a ditch with my M818W/W and all 10 tires were spinning on pavement!
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Lockers on M818?
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Were they spinning all at once? Doubtful that you would have lockers in all three axles.
Csm Davis
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yes all were going at once only pulled on the pavement one time.
Csm Davis
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anyway to check to know for sure without pulling the chunks?
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The way to check for a locker is to raise one side off the ground while the other side is on the ground firmly. With the transmission in gear (engine off) try to spin the tire in the air while the grounded tire is stationary and the drive shaft is not moving. If the wheel spins the diff is open. Some lockers will not allow the tire in the air to spin at all while limited slips measure the force required to make the in the air tire spin. Not sure of the specifics of the military locker but one way to simulate a locker on an open diff is to apply the brake a little so the tire without traction "sees" traction in the form of the resistance of the brakes. This sometimes gives the tire with more traction enough to get unstuck. Only to be used as a last resort and no where near as good as a locker. I would think the military lockers should lock up and not allow the tire in the air to spin at all.
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there is no way it has lockers. when all wheels have the same traction all will pull just as did in your case. looks normal to me.
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Yep, you had equal traction, so all wheel turned. If you ahd dropped one side off on the mud and then all tires had turned the same, that would be an indication you had lockers.
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Sorry but that won't work You would have to have the tranny in neutral, OR the tranny in gear and both tires off the ground then one will spin the opposite way if it is NOT locked. If you only had one tire off the ground and the tranny in gear it wouldn't turn unless you had a broken axle or spiders.