Yes, the loss of brakes at the front wheels will be the same, but you don't have to remove the center one way. It just becomes redundant, but has no effect otherwise. I run a front and center one way on my VDF, and the center one way has no effect. The front one way is the important thing......you definitely want more control of the front end, and the front one way allows that, where the center one way doesn't, primarily because a standard front diff is still there, and that was the part I've been trying to tell you is the one that should be replaced.