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Hey guys, just some info.
I ordered and recieved a lockright auto diff lock (richmond gear company) from a mob called
rocky-road outfitters in utah in the states.
Landed in wa via air mail it cost $376 aus.
it was sent 16.12.04 and arrived today 04.01.05, i think it was slow due to xmas freight.
So if you guys are after cheap lokkas, look no further!
bear
What are the lockright like?
I have heard people calling them lockwrong and having all sorts of bad things to say but then I hear people saying they are good for the money.
Im puttin mine in the front, they also do the next generation to lockright that you can put in the rear and it has good on road manners, supposedly?? I dont know what to fit tin the back.
Rebuilding my back diff monday as 24 years of driven has taken its toll and i have such a whine from the rear.lol
bear
thanks bear... will have to have a look... were there air lockers priced well too? i have to lock my front so i would rather an air locker... just the price i dont quite like :( and cant relly afford. so maybe i lockrite will have to do for the front... just will mean i have to get out to undo the hubs.
bear... if you can afford a air locker... stick the lockrite in the rear and air locker up front ))
my 2c worth
andrew
Fj40 '84, 2F. PWS, 2" extended shackles, detroit rear, soon lockrite front. huge 31" tires :( one day some big mothers!
bear, you sure about putting one in the front??
it will make your steering a bastard and apparently snap CV's constantly??
im going to put my lockright in the rear. Also in a 40 the front and rear diffs are the same so it can be swappped. then im getting a cheap LSD for the front. and see how that goes. one day ARB's but i cant afford it.
they say when you take yoru foot off the accelerator it should unlock around a corner.
but i have heard they re-lock in with a big clunk. they reckon its smooth only people who know are people who already have one.
but i would be concerned about putting one in the front.
they aren't supposed to unlock at all are they? I thought it was always positivly locked and on road allowed wheels to spin quicker to allow cornering.
That is why I like the sound of them, no unlocking.
That unlocking around corners etc sounds like a Detroit locker, not a lockright.
Busi, i could be mistaken. about the cornering. they are meant to help ya somehow.
and mate you wont be able to turn too easy in the front???? you will bust shiat, and they say when you busy an cv etc or axle with a lockrite it can kill ya centre???
mate spoke to my olds this morning my locker and bikini top are currently onboard the QE2, in the carribean!!!!
Now, i ask this, how many people's lockers have been on the QE2, through the carribean?????
NOT FAWKEN MANY I BET!
*Be good to your locker, and it should be good to you!
Olds might be bringing it home on the plane, otherwise its air post.
Just ordered my lockrite should be here in 6 - 10 days whoops.... now i should be able to get up those rocks that i been bouncing up and down on so much trying to get the rear to keep traction... will be sticking it up the front as i alreaDY have a detroit in the rear...
DRS - as long as you aint driving with the locker engaged on road in the front it shouldnt be to bad i would not think. just the old turning circle will be greatly effected.... but get around this by just unlocking one of the hubs when you need to do tightish turns.
i would have much preferred a airlocker... but i got to much other stuff to do to my 40 and not enough money to do it all! :( damn it!!!
Fj40 '84, 2F. PWS, 2" extended shackles, detroit rear, soon lockrite front. huge 31" tires :( one day some big mothers!
I have a lockright in the front of my 60 and i think that it is pretty good. An air locker would be better but much more expensive.
lockrights only lock the axles when there is drive to the diff. So when you go round a corner on a dirt road if you back off the right foot it will corner like it is in 2wd. Then as soon as the power goes back on the diff locks up.
I was told that if you are having trouble with your lockright it is because it isn't set up properly. Mine unlocks every time the foot comes off and locks again when the foot goes down. It definantly doesn't make a clunk when it re-locks.
tukadafoonday wrote:Just ordered my lockrite should be here in 6 - 10 days whoops.... now i should be able to get up those rocks that i been bouncing up and down on so much trying to get the rear to keep traction... will be sticking it up the front as i alreaDY have a detroit in the rear...
DRS - as long as you aint driving with the locker engaged on road in the front it shouldnt be to bad i would not think. just the old turning circle will be greatly effected.... but get around this by just unlocking one of the hubs when you need to do tightish turns.
i would have much preferred a airlocker... but i got to much other stuff to do to my 40 and not enough money to do it all! :( damn it!!!
The instructions mention the diff should be within tolerance, went to chuck mine in and it was way out, so it got a trip to the lapper, who also ended up installing it seeing he had the diff apart. I suspect the tolerances may be why people don't have such a good time with them.
I'd go as far as to say if your diff is over 10 years old then it's quite possible it will be in need of adjustment so don't assume it's just a 1-2hr install.
I would go the airlocker if your wanting to crawl, I find usually when I exit a creek or such and have to turn out i'm fighting it and wishing I could just disengage the locker.
you dont have 2 go to the tojo section. Just click on the powertrax sign and the diff listings and prices are there.
mine was $232 us and $41.10 us shipping
ah nice one... maybe i should have had a better look around that site then.... oh well... i can handlepaying and extra 20$ AUS anyways.... still 400$ of so cheaper then if i happened to buy it from over here...
what sort of truck is yours going in?
Fj40 '84, 2F. PWS, 2" extended shackles, detroit rear, soon lockrite front. huge 31" tires :( one day some big mothers!
my baby is a 1981 RN46 hilux that started life as a ute.
Currently its a blue panelvan (custom built by prof body builders)
18 RG import motor. Springs out of a 2000 lux, stuffed shocks,]
std 4 speed and 4.88 diffs. Rebuildin rear diff as its whinein bad. Lockright goin in front.
Road tyre 31x10.5x15 simex at300
off road tyrs simex JT2 33x11.5x15
extended bump stops for these tyres and some custom grinder work on front guards.
lots of natual pin stripes and rock indents as well.
its cheap but its allllll mine. lol!!
bear
I know with the Fj40 lockers i looked up, the lockrite was the 2nd cheapest. the detroits were all more expensive, other then the EZ locker, which they dont recommend for tyres bigger then 33's.(according to a disclaimer iread).
Not many people would have tried too many different brands in the one rig to compare i wouldnt think?
))
