devildog0
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One of the tires will just slip.
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231 is cheaper. no additional diff in the case.
from what I understand (i'm in texas) you don't want a rear locked vehicle on icy roads.
For a while, I ran just the rear locker. I liked it so much I installed another in the front just for the hell of it. I may have had 2 trips on the rear locker alone. I do some fairly long hill climbs and can really feel the rear is solid and pushing me up a hill. I don't drive mine on the road much, but really noticed a difference with the rear locked. If you're doing a good bit of road time, do front first as you wouldn't notice it. other than some ratcheting, you don't notice either honestly, once you learn to keep off the power in corners.
Ive driven in icy conditions with a front auto locker. It was still invisible in 2wd.If you drive in Sunny California, a front locker is nearly invisible in 2wd. If you drive anywhere there is snow and ice on the pavement, you will hate your front locker 2wd and 4wd. For snowy/icy pavement, an open differential, a TrueTrac limited slip, or a selectable locker is the best choice for the front axle. In the rear axle, most lockers pretty much behaves the same a factory installed Limited Slip.
If your budget only allows for one locker, lock the rear axle first. The Cherokee will have better traction on and off-road, and good pavement manners summer and winter. A TrueTrac limited slip is also a good choice, it will behave better than a locker on pavement, but will not have as much traction off-road.
Regarding the rear locker, I live in the mountains, and so I'm pretty much always either going uphill or downhill, and rarely in a straight line, and so keeping off the power in corners would be impossible for me to do, depending upon what is meant by "keeping off the power".
Is this accurate: In my situation, the outside rear wheel will still be able to ratchet, even under hard acceleration while turning uphill, but most likely I would wear out the teeth on the cam/axle quickly because I would be frequently requiring it to ratchet while fully engaged?
Regarding the rear locker, I live in the mountains, and so I'm pretty much always either going uphill or downhill, and rarely in a straight line, and so keeping off the power in corners would be impossible for me to do, depending upon what is meant by "keeping off the power".
Is this accurate: In my situation, the outside rear wheel will still be able to ratchet, even under hard acceleration while turning uphill, but most likely I would wear out the teeth on the cam/axle quickly because I would be frequently requiring it to ratchet while fully engaged?
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I don't understand why so many XJ's were sold with the 231 instead of the 242...were they that much cheaper, or are they that much stronger, or were all of the people buying the 231's planning on lifting their XJ's, or what? I can see not worrying about binding if you never have to deal with alternating icy/dry roads (or alternating paved/dirt roads), but otherwise it would seem that the 242 would be the better choice.
Regarding the rear locker, I live in the mountains, and so I'm pretty much always either going uphill or downhill, and rarely in a straight line, and so keeping off the power in corners would be impossible for me to do, depending upon what is meant by "keeping off the power".
Is this accurate: In my situation, the outside rear wheel will still be able to ratchet, even under hard acceleration while turning uphill, but most likely I would wear out the teeth on the cam/axle quickly because I would be frequently requiring it to ratchet while fully engaged?