lots of mouth'in off, more wheel'in and some wrench"in
If you read my Part #1 and Part #2 of the Aussie Locker experience you will know I had recently installed this brand locker in my rear Dana 44 axle on my Jeep and was wanting some real world experience with them before I gave my final verdict.
To do that, I had waited to have [Read more...]
So if you read my Part 1 post, I got through the initial assembly of the Aussie Locker into the carrier. To reflect I had a factory Trac Lok in the Dana44 and since the Aussie Locker will not fit into a Trac lok case I had to get an open carrier to put it in. So for most people putting an Aussie Locker into an open axle the install will be easy. For me because I have to switch carriers I now have to have the Ring Gear reset, basically half of a Ring & Pinion install.
So far my experience with the Aussie Locker has been pleasant, everything has been as expected and experienced no issues. This continued with swapping out the carriers [Read more...]
Okay so I decided that trying to afford ARB lockers or any other selectable locker was not in the range of my budget and to keep the budget under control I was only going to lock the rear.
I also wanted something that was very simple. For example in my last Jeep I had a Detroit Locker in the rear and I loved the thing! Awesome offroad, the street driving took a while to get use to, definitely had its quirks but was pretty much indestructible. However a Detroit was even out of my budget range. This leaves me with “Lunchbox” style lockers, which in general simply replace the spider gears, so they are pretty affordable. Several brands on the market, pretty much all the same save construction and minor design differences.
I have been reading nothing but good things about Aussie Lockers for a couple years now. They are priced just right at around [Read more...]
He's had 8 previous Jeeps; a TJ or two, a few XJs, a KJ, and even a Commando. [Read More …]
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