Aftermarket locking differential for hybrid Maverick?

[ColoradoShooter]

Hybrid FWD with a locker? Why not go all the way with a 5” lift kit, 15” bead lock wheels, on board air compressor to air the tires back up, a Warne winch and a roll bar in case you roll it over while keeping up with the Wrangler Rubicons?…….

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[Shay]

In general FWD is not really for heavy duty off-roading. If you are doing the level of off-roading that a locking differential is necessary then FWD is REALLY not the right place for you to be.

Remeber, a locking differential is for situations where one wheel is not on the ground or has zero traction. In a FWD vehicle pulling something up over a rock or through slick with just one wheel doing the work, that isn't going to work. Just isn't.

If you want to off-road to a level a locker is necessary you want RWD, AWD, or 4WD.

So no, there isn't a company out there who will be spending their precious R&D to develop a locker for a FWD vehicle.

 

[D K]

on a conventional truck - yes.

Maverick is essentially fwd with an auxillary output to the rear, similar to the Focus RS, STI, EVO etc

I am so confused here- isn’t a differential on a rear axle? Considering that the hybrid is fwd…would a locking diff. Make any difference at all? That and do locking transaxles even exist for FWD vehicles? I don’t off-road often unless it’s on an ATV- and here in California we don’t get weather that is bad enough to even park a motorcycle often.

 

[Ala]

You would be better off getting the awd.

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