- Location
- Middle Tennessee
I'm thinking about taking the lockers out of my XJ. I have an Aussie in the front and Lock-Rite in the rear.
After last years Crawl (2016), I wasn't impressed with the Lock-Rite. It did work but was I was worried about the sounds coming from it. It is the one built for the Ford LS 8.8 differential case. It sounded like a jackhammer going off in the rear as I climbed up trail 45 to the Middle Fork Playground in Harlan. There should have been no noise as it should have been locked up tight since it is a straight climb under power.
I figure spider gears back in the front D30 and rebuild the 8.8 LS diff with a Ford kit (either $113 or $75 depending upon the kit).
I really need to crack the diff on the 8.8 to see what the Lock-Rite looks like anyway. Maybe it's something simple. A guy can dream, right?
The end of all this is to say, since I don't go wheeling much, it would be nicer to drive on the road daily or to use in bad weather such as snow and ice if it didn't have the lockers. My tires are going to start to dry rot if I don't burn some miles on them.
Just something I'm mulling over.
After last years Crawl (2016), I wasn't impressed with the Lock-Rite. It did work but was I was worried about the sounds coming from it. It is the one built for the Ford LS 8.8 differential case. It sounded like a jackhammer going off in the rear as I climbed up trail 45 to the Middle Fork Playground in Harlan. There should have been no noise as it should have been locked up tight since it is a straight climb under power.
I figure spider gears back in the front D30 and rebuild the 8.8 LS diff with a Ford kit (either $113 or $75 depending upon the kit).
I really need to crack the diff on the 8.8 to see what the Lock-Rite looks like anyway. Maybe it's something simple. A guy can dream, right?
The end of all this is to say, since I don't go wheeling much, it would be nicer to drive on the road daily or to use in bad weather such as snow and ice if it didn't have the lockers. My tires are going to start to dry rot if I don't burn some miles on them.
Just something I'm mulling over.