[NewbieZooker]

What types of lockers would you recommend?
It is a daily driver and it will be used for some off roading.
Budget is an issue.

[tanshi]

china lockers best of both worlds

[Marko_SJ]

My vote is air if you can afford it.

If you cant autos do the job but aren't great in a daily (mine has them and sometimes I daily it).

[sideways]

Air lockers if you can afford them.

Nothing wrong with autos, just a little annoying on the road. If you do go auto get a lockrite, not a spartan.

Wait for Joes CAP lockers to come out or get Chinese ARB copies if you don't have the money for proper ARBs.

[NewbieZooker]

I suppose i could save up for air lockers, but are there any major differences as a daily driver with or without autos?

[sideways]

Auto lockers create a lot of play in the diff and click/bang around when you corner at low speed. Air lockers are just like having a stock diff when they're unlocked.

[tanshi]

yes, autos can lock going around corners if your not careful.

they are un predictable and I personally would never use them

[sideways]

tanshi wrote:

yes, autos can lock going around corners if your not careful.

they are un predictable and I personally would never use them

If they're setup wrong or you buy a spartan.

Above car park speeds the only way you'd know mine was there is the extra play in the diff. It's not unpredictable because there's nothing to predict.

I'd still buy an air locker if I could.

[Gwagensteve]

I've found them predictably unpredictable on long, gentle corners.

not a fan in light, SWB vehicle. Might put a detriot in the back of the ford, but that's neither light or SWB.

[NewbieZooker]

Hey Sideways, who sells the lockrite and how much are they going to set me back?

[Gwagensteve]

Lowrange offroad.

Google is your friend.

[whincup]

tanshi wrote:

yes, autos can lock going around corners if your not careful.

they are un predictable and I personally would never use them

never tried them so cant comment, but i hear this often enough to never consider using them.

i used to have a minispool in mine. despite what people say about them, i never had a problem in my old SWB sierra for the 2 years it was in there, and i did daily it. completely predictable, no noise (except concrete, such as pulling in a servo you got tire chirping). wore rear tires quicker but whatever. works awesome.

[jdk81]

I run twin autolockers
After 80,000 km, I hate the rear autolocker.
Due to their design they are stupid harsh on driveshafts, transfer case and the diff gears, etc.

I haven't found any reason to dislike autolockers in the front, as its not in 4wd as often.

Autolocked rear is a lot better with the auto and extra wheelbase.
On a swb manual it was very twitchy.

I would mini spool the rear, if I wasnt dailying my rig atm.
I'll look at getting an airlocker in the rear, or a new daily driver

[NewbieZooker]

Does anyone know of an Australian Distributer for lockright lockers, so i can avoid the shipping fee.

[christover1]

NewbieZooker wrote:

Does anyone know of an Australian Distributer for lockright lockers, so i can avoid the shipping fee.

Shipping fee will be cheaper than the mark up for an Aussie reseller.
A locker would easy fit into the $US 65 flat rate box.

[SierraDan]

Lockright front.
Selectable rear.

[pezz]

i have two spartans, the first one i fitted to the rear was fantastic, it now lives in the front,
the new one in the rear is a bit clunky to say the least, its only done 300kms tho, hopefully it beds in like the other one

ideally i want air lockers, but i will put them in my jeep, the suzi doesnt get used enough for me to justify the coin for them

[JuniorJoel]

No one considered spool? That personally is my vote for the rear. Predictable, no clunks and with correct tyre pressure isn't actually as bad to get used to as people probably think.

I have run one for 1 year as my DD in my jimny and wouldn't drive it without it.

[SierraDan]

Permanent front sucks.

Permanent rear doesn't allow unlocking when you might need to on the trail. Then there's the obvious selectability for road driving. If that's your thing... not saying "don't spool the rear"

[JuniorJoel]

I was only suggesting it for the rear, not the front haha. Im not saying that it doesn't have its drawbacks, just putting it on the table incase people hadn't considered it an option. Cheap, predictable, and as anything cheap has certain drawbacks but for say $150 as oppose to $1100 for an air locker not bad. Just personal preferences for me.

[Seth2013]

Air locker

I have an ARB locker in the rear, and thats it. Love the locker, Love having onboard air. stretched myself to buy it, but haven't regretted it.

[NewbieZooker]

I ended up getting a lock right. Anybody have any tips about install?

[atari4x4]

leave it on the bench & fit an air locker?

christover has done a write up for an auto locker into a vit front on here & i think there are others floating around & if i remember correctly lowrange offroad probably have an install guide too.

[jdk81]

Dont install it into the front without chromos etc
Wheeling with someone who breaks a front cv because they are too cheap to buy chromos is a total PITA.
Dont let your cheapness screw others over.

If you dont have the training and or experience to fit one, you need to be really confident about your ability to understand instructions and/or not care about the install.
You need to set it all up correctly or bye bye diff.

A dial indicator and arm etc aren't hugely expensive.

Good luck

[Marko_SJ]

NewbieZooker wrote:

I ended up getting a lock right. Anybody have any tips about install?

I noticed I had different backlash measurements on different parts of the ring gear (either a warp, or crud on the mating surface according to a better mech than myself). I'd take several measurements in different places, marking where the measurements are, and write down what the backlash is for each measurement.

And reset it how it came apart, if its loose put it loose, not back to factory. Thats the mistake I made and ended up with a whining diff and plenty of effort to correct it.

[J--A--C--K]

I installed my own a few years ago , instructions were really simple and use utube ect with the back lash , it all went together really easy and simple. And ran really good for a few months befor It really started to eat its self lol
I won't be trying again I'll leave Diffs for the experts.