You must have noticed that when we take turn in any four wheel driven vehicle, the inner wheels travel lesser than the outer wheel because all these vehicles are fitted with a mechanism known as differential. This differential mechanism reduces the speed of the inner wheel and increases that of the outer wheel so that the vehicle does not skid and facilitate easy turning. When the vehicle is moving straight then the differential helps in moving both wheels at the same speed.

Differentials have one or the other torque mechanism to accomplish this task and torque requirements vary for different type of driving conditions like street driving, rock crawling, dirt racing, ice driving, circle track racing, drag racing etc.

Different types of differentials for different driving conditions are differential lockers, open differential, differential spools, etc. Differential Lockers can be further be categorized as Air Lockers, Posi Lockers, Full Spools, Mini Spools etc. The best and the most expensive are differential air lockers but off course heavy in weight. When it comes to racing you need a light weight alternative and that is when Light weight differential Full Spools come to use. Also the differential air lockers being quite expensive, the differential full spools cost just a fraction of air lockers. You can buy one differential full spool for less than $100 from durasolid.com and it beats any other product available in the market when it comes to quality or aesthetics.

Differential full spool is made from one pc. Solid steel , it carries the advantage of no moving parts and hence no chance of losing traction at any time but is suitable only for off road applications. You just need to bolt Ring gear , add bearings on both sides and place it in the centre section. In other words a Full spool replaces the Open Carrier with bevel gears kit or an E locker / Posi locker or an Air locker. Extra tyre wear out is the major disadvantage with differential full spools but the extra power and effortless movement while going sideways in traffic or on a rainy day gives a real KICK to the enthusiast that far exceeds the cost of extra tires wear out. Very few people want to spend about $800 on air locker and still carry extra weight that you can shed considerably by using differential full spools. Durasolid makes these spools out of Chrome Moly Steel , heat treats them twice and make sure to take out every bit of extra material thus reduce weight and make sure that the product looks highly appealing with its special coating.

Caution: It is recommended to use full spools with large tires and high horse power trucks.

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