Locker Installs Perth

[shaun100]

Hi All,

Im toying with the idea of having a lokka or spartan auto locker installed in the front of my GU. Can anyone tell me of places in perth who can install these?

has anyone actually done one themselves, is it hard to do or a DIY'er?

Also if you have any good recommendations where to buy the locker itself.

Thanks

[Lepa]

i've only ever seen the 'lokka' brand advertised by 4wd systems

[MikeH]

Installing a locker is easier than installing diff gears.
You do still need some heavy tools though.
torque wrench: The crownwheel bolts need to be torqued up to 150Nm
A transmission jack that can tilt a long way really helps getting the centre in and out of the housing (or cut a big V block for to support the pinion bearing end). Otherwise it's most definitely a 2 person job.
You will probably need to grind down one of your 17mm ring spanners a little bit to take the tailshaft off.
Before you take the centre apart fiddle with it for a while to get a good feel for the backlash. Then when reassembling you clock the bearing retainers back and forth to get that same backlash feeling.

You might be a bit lazy and dismantle the swivel hub inner seal and just pull the kingpins and draw the axles out that way, but reassembling it like that is not so easy, You might want to make a proper job of it and rebuild the swivel hubs at the same time. Don't lose track of the kingpin shims and don't be a lazy bugger and bin them like some "experts" do.

If you are reassembling it without a transmission jack have a stack of blocks of wood ready to rest it on.

Get a gasket, they arent too expensive and it's better to have it and not need it than to tear your old one and interrupt the job to go buy a new one.
If it all sounds too much then there are number of shops around which can help.

If it's a GU or a leaf ute with the 4 pinion diff centre I would like the centre and will buy it off you.

One last thing, a Gregorys book or similar is worth it's own weight in sweat and blood.