Aussie Locker

Post by **Singo17** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:05 pm

Anyone know if it is sold here and if so what Brand name as I doubt we would get off on the Ozzy locka bit. TA

Post by **Andrew_C** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:33 pm

Been through it before, see here http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modules/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3906&highlight=

Post by **N*A*M** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:33 pm

still looks like a 4wd systems lokka to me

Post by **Singo17** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:48 pm

Andrew_C wrote:Been through it before, see here http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modules/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3906&highlight=

Well that was two months ago any updates?

POR has tested them limited an like em by the by.

Post by **dumbdunce** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 2:25 pm

pretty sure it's just a 4WD systems 'Lokka', with 'Aussie' Branding to make it appeal to the US market.

save up for an air locker. it's worth the extra.

Post by **Punchy** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:40 pm

Which is a shame as it indicates that we make shit

Post by **dumbdunce** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:10 pm

I don't think they're made here. as long as air lockers are associated with Australia I don't think we've got too much to worry about.

that said, I've spoke to people with 'Lokka' diff locks are they reckon they're ace. bang for buck they're hard to go past.

Post by **beebee** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:14 pm

dumbdunce wrote:I don't think they're made here. as long as air lockers are associated with Australia I don't think we've got too much to worry about.

that said, I've spoke to people with 'Lokka' diff locks are they reckon they're ace. bang for buck they're hard to go past.

Great "bang for your buck" - mine only took 3 days to go bang with street only use. If you're looking for a bang - I highly recommend their product.

Post by **dumbdunce** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:27 pm

how did it fail?

warranty?

Post by **Punchy** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:37 pm

we know how it failed...

moreso the question...why did it fail !

damn thing was just pushing a set of 31 10rs on chrome gxl rims on an empty hilux tray back...

hehehe
Bang for buck...heheheh

i heard the thing operating in the back of his truck...and as you turned the corner louder that life cracking and clacking sounds emmitted from the rear diff of the truck..

faulty design and production is why it failed..

enter small print
"I would like to think it was NOT the person who assembled the diff center as he is one of our more respected retail 4x4 component outlet retailers and i assume has had plenty of practice installing these in the past

Post by **beebee** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:33 pm

Punchy wrote:we know how it failed...

moreso the question...why did it fail !

damn thing was just pushing a set of 31 10rs on chrome gxl rims on an empty hilux tray back...

hehehe
Bang for buck...heheheh

i heard the thing operating in the back of his truck...and as you turned the corner louder that life cracking and clacking sounds emmitted from the rear diff of the truck..

faulty design and production is why it failed..

enter small print
"I would like to think it was NOT the person who assembled the diff center as he is one of our more respected retail 4x4 component outlet retailers and i assume has had plenty of practice installing these in the past

In response to your small print......
I also would like to rule out this option but as that is not possible, I rely on the fact that he has fitted heaps of diff locks. Add to the fact that the "lokka" are dead easy to install, I rest assured that it was installed correctly. I doesn't really bother me as I never paid for the thing and my only loss was the time involved.

There must have been a manufacturing fault as it only lasted such a short amount of time and I purposely drove carefully as I was hesitant to push it after hearing of so many other breakages. The possible cause was a broken cross shaft in the diff carrier. After pulling the diff, it was obviously broken but it may have been fractured before installation as it was 2nd hand. If this had broken, then it would have caused major misalignment issues thus causing the lokka breakage. Hard to tell what happend first - chicken or egg?

The last diff that I broke appears to be directly caused by incorrect setup. Last time I take it to a diff and gearbox "specialist" :roll:

Post by **Singo17** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:35 am

Beebee did you say the Locka was second hand

Post by **Leithfield** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:08 am

Sorry to hear of your Lokka grief Beebee.

For the past 16 months I have run dual Lokka's in a Supra repowered Lux running 5.29's and 35" ET's over all manner of extreme terrain, and they have and continue to operate like clockwork.

Have a mate who is also Lokka equipped, who really pushes the edge of the envelope, and despite breaking pretty much everything else, his Lokka's take a licking and keep on clicking.

While I cant explain your Lokka failure, but question its history as a 2nd hand unit, based upon my own experience I can unreservedly recommend them.

Post by **Killeraxle** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:23 am

I hate those lunch box lockers.
ARB is our competition here in the US (we are building air operated lockers too) but before you spend money for that Aussie locker , save your money for an ARB ! Those lockrights easy lockers or whatever they name it , is junk ! you will break the stock carrier or crosspin . they are also loud and never realy work.
I would be pissed with the Aussie locker name when I would be an Australian ! They try to sell a bad product with a good name .

Post by **Liam** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:55 am

Lockright good
Locka Bad
mmmkay?

Post by **beebee** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:43 pm

Lokka was brand new. The carrier, gears and cross shaft were second hand. It started making deep clunking noises from the moment I left the driveway. I had the option of replacing it with another for no extra $$ but I elected to wait until I can afford a locker that I feel I can trust. Good to hear that they are working for others as you can't go past the price.

Post by **dumbdunce** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:07 pm

Both Lokka and Lockright can perform well when set up correctly. there are guys who despite having fitted a dozen or a hundred of these things fail (forget, don't know, don't care) to check the clearance between the side 'gears' (for want of a better name) and the clearance is critical. if they're set up eith correct clearance, they work. you can tell if the clearance is wrong because they clack and pop loudly in conrners, all the time. properly set up, around corners (assuming you take it gently, like you should drive in corners), all you hear is 'tick, tick, tick' as the clutches slide past each other.

usually the side gear shims in the diff are close enough, but sometimes they are not. this happened to the first lockright I installed and it was a disaster, it was rough and nasty and uncontrollable. a little research, and reinstalled with coorected shimming, it was hard to tell the thing had an auto locker in there at all.

this does not discount the possibility that in this individual case there may have been manufacturing faults with the locker hardware, or spider shaft, or both!

cheers

Brian

Post by **suprasurf** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:09 pm

I remember a recent locker survey where it seemed the ARB appeared more times with problems than any other locker ??

That aside

I have run Lockrite/Lokka's for over 3 years and never had one fail. I would agree that for a competition truck the ARB is probably the way to go but in my case as a trail toy only, the option was 1 ARB or 2 Lockrites !!

Also having watched 2 NZ winch competitions I was amazed at the number of times the ARB was forgotten in the heat of battle :cool:

Post by **-Mick-** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:15 pm

I remember a recent locker survey where it seemed the ARB appeared more times with problems than any other locker ??

Primarily accessories though wasn't it. Grimace connectors and bodgey depressors (compressors

)

Post by **Kev80** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 9:41 pm

Killeraxle wrote:I would be pissed with the Aussie locker name when I would be an Australian !

I noticed you said "when", ya going to swap sides ?

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