the last of my lift got shipped monday. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> once installed it's on to tires. then locker for the rear only. i am wondering about your locker and what you like and don't like about it, issues, install, anything to help me make a decision on which one to order. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

I have a simple lock right because it is the cheapest locker that fits my jeep. It does have some bad on road manners with my manual transmission, but it is the best mod I have done to the jeep.

Whats your budget? Buy the best you can afford? What terrain will you be hitting? How much street will your jeep see?

Sunder's locker makes a clicking sound at times. The same company makes the POWERTRAX locker for a few bucks more. The powertrax does not make the clicking noise...ever! I choose to install it, but it is no better than the lockright.
Either can be installed in your driveway in about 2 hours by firsttimers.
Big Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

i drive my jeep 30 min. to work 5 days a week and it's just as far to the trails. i've tried some creek and river banks that, if i was locked, i could take the hard way. i don't look for mud but i don't avoid it. when i'm stuck i'm high centered. it's no fun when i'm spinning 2 tires in my "4x4" knowing that if i had one more tire with power to it, i would be chugging along. it's not really what can i afford, it's what can i justify spending. if i have to wait an extra month to get a locker that seems perfect for my rig, i don't mind. it's all money and time, money and time. and i'm all about building this thing right. probably by summers end i'll have a little $500 beater to drive back and forth to work, just to keep unnecessary miles off it. it's 20 yrs. old w/ 100k. sorry, i'm rambling. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

If you don't mind waiting, get a selectable like ARB. You'll like the ability to drive around on the street like a stock open diff jeep, then push a button and be locked. Geting something good like a detroit, ARB, OX, ETC... All require you to re-setup the gears. SO if you are regearing with the new tires and are going to wait for a good locker, get the locker and gears at the same time and kill 2 birds with 1 stone. If you plan on a lunch box locker like a lock right or aussie, you can install one at any time in the driveway.

i will be runnunig 33" swampers on the trails but my 31" a/t's are still good so i will be keeping them on the white steelies for times when i know i won't be offroad that week. i'm not sure how much gearing i need. i have never been short on power with the 31's and no locker but i'm sure that will change. D30 front D44 rear. thanks. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

I have Aussie lockers front and rear and love them! I bought them at their introductory price for less than $200 each. Once you get used to them the on road manners are not a problem, what happens is, as you shift gears the cross shaft in the diff goes slack, and as power is applied in the next gear one rear wheel is driven before the other. this causes a slight pull to one side or the other until both wheels are being driven. It doesn't take long to get used to it, The clicking has never bothered me at all, it is barely noticable unless you're coasting around a corner with the clutch disengaged, then it can get fairly loud, it just means the locker is working like it's supposed to. I like seeing the looks on peoples faces sometimes as I pull into a parking lot and they try to figure out what on earth is wrong with my wheels! Don't believe the 2 hour install time claim though, the Carrier has to come out of the 44 for install and it was a B***h getting mine out, with out a case spreader the carrier has to come back perfectly straight or it will bind big time. I had to remove my Fuel tank to get enough room to work on it, a couple hour job in itself! Well worth the effort, time and money though! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I have a detroit. I was install about 7 years ago. It started out as a new "no spin" something or other made by Detroit. It failed very quickly so i said i didn't want the same to replace it so the guy put in a Detroit for a couple more bucks.

It's in a 29 year old AMC20.

you have to get used to it's on the road manners as Sunder said. I drive 35 min thru the city each way to work and on the highway over an hour at least to any wheeling spot. It chirps the tires a bit a big bang once or twice a year. We have snow and slush on the road 4 months a year and i've never had a problem.

You just have to learn how to drive with it. no biggie.

I ran a Detroit Locker in my 77 CJ7 for many years when it was my daily driver. the on road manners were terrible (clunking, squealing of tires around corners, banging, etc.) but it was worth it to me for the off road manners, it made my CJ a very capable off roader! went through the Rubicon with no problems with 2 older flat fenders. I finally got tired of the on road manners and took it out. if I were to go with a locker again (I do have the electric locker in my TRD equiped Taco) I would go with a selectable (air or electric) locker. I just remembered that it would not climb slippery slopes well with the locker, it would usually just sidehill over to either side of the trail

I see that you're going with 33's so you should probably pass on the lock-rite or powertrax no-slip. I had a lock-rite in my Isuzu Rodeo when I was running 33's and I broke the sheer pins quite a few times, plus the truck had a manual tranny and it sucked when I shifted at freeway speeds (passing and what not) as it would disengage the locker then as soon as I shifted and pressed the gas the locker would engage and the truck would want to veer to one side or another. Took some time to get used to, but maybe it was my truck. I think that if you're going larger than 32's you run the risk of breaking the sheer pins depending how aggressively you wheel. I currently have a powertrax no-slip in the rear of my ZJ with 32's going on 2 years now and have wheeled it as aggressively if not more than my old Rodeo when it had 33's and haven't had any problems yet. Something to consider...

Fred R.