cballz

hi my name is Connor and i have been addicted to jeep mods for about 2 years now

no but thinking about a spartan or ausie locker for the front and rear doesn't seem to hard to do and just probably would do it with the axles still on. just drain the fluid and get everything put. just wanted to know whats your experiance, i have a pretty tight budget but really want front and rear lockers i could care less about the clicking noise as long as that is a sign that it is working not that its broken but yeah any and all help

just give me a good recommendation for front a rear drop in autolockers

Muneblade

Me and a buddy did an aussie locker install in the front and it wasn't a big job...the biggest issue was the washers Aussie sent me were too thick. Luckily my buddy had a set from a TJ install that were thinner and they worked fine. The rear is more difficult because you have to re-install the gears from what i understand..and shimming them is always a pain if you dont know what you are doing....which i dont.

dmhines

You have to pull the axles and carrier and remove and reinstall the gears to put in a lunchbox locker. I have heard that if the pin will clear your gears you can do it without pulling the carrier .. but with my 4.88 gears nothing cleared so it was a complete disassembly. You do not have to reset your gears and bearings or anything ... just put it all back together and Torgue Pinion nut to 150lbs.

JohnnyQuik

Nobody makes a rear luchbox that fits the JK carrier that I know of. You're better off with a selectable back there anyway. Front is a piece of cake and it took me about 3 and a half hours working by myself with a few breaks to do other crap. Loosening the ring gear bolts would be a pain without a bench vice and Jeeps with some miles may take some effort to get the carrier out. Other than that it's easy if you mark the ring gear location and keep the bearing caps oriented properly. It's perfectly silent in 2WD and you don't know it's there.

TURTLECON

Which front locker did you go with?

nthinuf

An old post by the gentleman from Dynatrac

So, new carrier + drilling + maybe some creative shimming to get a lunchbox to work? If you are set on auto-lockers, sounds like a case for doing the front and saving for a detroit for the rear.


And a good locker overview:
h t t p://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-tech/dynatrac-presents-lockers-101 Project-JK.com - Jeep JK Wrangler Resource » Dynatrac Presents - Lockers 101

JohnnyQuik

Aussie. Seemed like the best product for the money after researching what's out there.

cballz

so an aussie would not require me to pull the carrier i dont know how to pull or replace the carrier and have had my done by my uncle i have a pretty good mechanical knowledge self taught from you guys and youtube and really any other resource i can get my hands on i want to do the front with a mechanical and then do a selectable in the rear. from what it sounds like its not worth the hassle because if your already taking the carrier out just transfer the ring and pinion onto the locking carrier. what model aussie did you use for the front i want to do something cool as a project and figure a lock would be pretty bad ass especially with the spartan or another autolocker being aroun 400 thats not bad especially looking at Eaton e-lockers which are so much. like i said im a kid and honestly budgets tight but i want make sure i put quality products in to ensure that is capable when i want to use it

cballz

come on guys dont let it go dead now

JKRescue08

I recently installed the Aussie in the front D30 and it was pretty basic. I did pull the carrier And had never done it
, but followed a write up online. Took me about 5 hrs taking my time.

Love it and notice a heck of a difference offroad.