I dont wish a OX locker on even my worst of customers...
Good luck in the front, keeping it adjusted, with how much a XJ front axle can articulate....
I dont wish a OX locker on even my worst of customers...
Good luck in the front, keeping it adjusted, with how much a XJ front axle can articulate....
This. I don't know anyone that runs an Ox, but it just doesn't make sense to me. A very exposed cable on the front of the diff is dumb.
This is just untrue.well its not so much the exposed cable, but the cable becomes shorter and longer (the actual cable inside the cover) as the radius of bends get bigger and smaller. Meaning it will disengage at times if the cable has to change arc size.
This is just untrue.
No, I am not an authority, and then again neither are you. I am perfectly aware of how both a cable system works, as well as how the OX works. Yes, if a cable has a large bend in it, the cable inside the sheath will move, but there would have to be some pretty drastic changes to unlock the shift fork. Could it be possible you were working with some of the older lever/cable systems? I remember reading somewhere they did a little work on the shifter system, and the new ones weren't prone to popping out like the older ones. I can say I like my newer style shifter a lot better than my older style I have for the rear.
Maybe I am one of the lucky ones.
I love when people completely bash on stuff, when they have never even seen one, let alone run one. If you've never run one, quit whining about it.
...I'm just kindly suggesting to go with a tried and true ARB...
The whole point of a shift cable with a sheath is that the sheath and cable inside it are co-axial and thus have the same length no matter how you bend it (within reason.) The only reason I don't like the OX design is because I hate shift cables due to the routing/bend radius constraints, not because of this "it will shift as the cable bends" mumbo jumbo.
I'd run one, with an electric shifter, if I felt like spending that kind of cash on a locker.
Also, how is the cable routed from the D30 to the cab with the bend radius that is recommended by OX?
yes there are cases of good results, but why do a OX over a ARB or even a Elocker, in a D30 or even D44? They are more $, you dont get the added benifit of OBA, and the chances of ongoing issues is by far greater, with the OX. the only pro I see is that they look like a work of art...