based on that picture, the axle gears and cam gears are the parts that click together and actually lock it. The axle gears are attached permanently to your axles, and the cam gears spin with the pin (not the little pins pictured, but the bigger one in the middle).
The working principle took me forever to figure out. I sat there staring at the thing forever before I put it in, trying to figure out just how it works. Basically whenever force is applied to the axle, it pushes the locker apart from the inside out. That force locks the outer 'gears' or whatever you want to call them to the inner gears, and essentially binds both sides together. It isn't 'limited slip', because when you're on the throttle it doesn't ever slip, at all. It's just locked when you need it, and open when you don't.
I attached a picture I found of the same unit to give you some reference.
I updated the post with the route I took - looks like it's actually Nanaimo Lakes Road all the way. You can also get in from the south route, though it's gated and pretty rediculous to get past. We went out that way and in hindsight probably should have just gone back the way we came :)
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based on that picture, the axle gears and cam gears are the parts that click together and actually lock it. The axle gears are attached permanently to your axles, and the cam gears spin with the pin (not the little pins pictured, but the bigger one in the middle).
The working principle took me forever to figure out. I sat there staring at the thing forever before I put it in, trying to figure out just how it works. Basically whenever force is applied to the axle, it pushes the locker apart from the inside out. That force locks the outer 'gears' or whatever you want to call them to the inner gears, and essentially binds both sides together. It isn't 'limited slip', because when you're on the throttle it doesn't ever slip, at all. It's just locked when you need it, and open when you don't.
I attached a picture I found of the same unit to give you some reference.
Hah, this photo was taken about 2 minutes before this one: http://www.vioffroad.com/gallery/1/theres-something-wrong-engine-durr
After a tow out we pulled all the spark plugs and watched it chug out like a litre of water.
Started right up after that though!
I updated the post with the route I took - looks like it's actually Nanaimo Lakes Road all the way. You can also get in from the south route, though it's gated and pretty rediculous to get past. We went out that way and in hindsight probably should have just gone back the way we came :)