Ok know knowing that can some body tell me how good are the spartan locks??? And thanks for getting me out of doubt??

 

I disagree...

I am shopping for a 80 series landcruiser. Suppose I ask a seller if the "diff" is locked, and he responds by saying yes. I then drive 300 miles to check said cruiser and the diff is not locked, only the center diff is locked. Symantics are in the details...Ask me how I know?

In the landcruiser world, diff means axles and center diff means transfer case.

 

on a cruiser it's still called a "center diff lock/CDL" regardless of it actually being the t-case, and it simply locks the f/r t-case outputs supplying 50:50 power vs the 60:40 (or whatever it is) it was when in normal driving mode. has nothing to do with the axle differentials.

in regards to asking a seller if diff is locked....unless they have a clue, i'd say most consumers don't know what this means since they've never used it. you need to ask if the rig has front/rear lockers and whether or not there's a button/dial on the side of dash for f/r diff lock.

 

I will only add, center diff lock can only mean the transfer case.

 

One could assume that.....

 

My lockers did not engage and my tc didn't lock either, took me switching from hi to low a thousand times. I got lucky that I didn't have to dig into them.