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just spoke to my local diff guru at newcastle gearbox and diff and he has advised me that you can put later model lsd centres into the 40 series housing with no modifaction. is this right? is it a specific model? he told me 60, 75 and 80 series centres will be a direct bolt up.

any help would be great

He speaks the truth but don't waste your money. Even a well shimmed LSD will only work for a few months at best. Save up for a locker IMO.

Search the toyota section here for LSD and have a read.

ok. looking at an air loker for the front and auto lokka for teh rear. good combo????????

Hardzy wrote:ok. looking at an air loker for the front and auto lokka for teh rear. good combo????????

yep, if your going with one autolocker, in the rear is where it will be the least annoying

Jes

been told that one of the lokka diff locks in the rear is good enough for an fj, no real need to spend another grand on top for an arb one.

now all i got to do is find a local person who sells them. or travel to sydney.

while im at it, rock crawler leaf springs, anyone using them? any good? anything better?

If ya go a auto locker spend the extra on the richmond gear lock right its the better of the 3 available and there easy to fit just search the best buy and have it sent to ya then fit it in your self thats if ya have the know how ..

yeah but made by the yanks (no offence to any)

i prefer my truck to be built with all aussie built and sourced parts.

arent rock crawler springs made by the yanks to?????

from what 4wd1 told me they were aussie made. but then again the bird i was speaking to didnt know what a greasable shackle pin was, which they sell. so i dont know if she really knows. all i want are some decent springs that are made locally. it shouldnt really be that hard

I'm doing a bit of research on 40/45 series springs at the mo, the pick of the bunch seems to be Dobinsons and Lovells, thing is they're dearer than some of the others, but both are Aussie made and people seem to like them.

Hardzy wrote:yeah but made by the yanks (no offence to any)

i prefer my truck to be built with all aussie built and sourced parts.

I'm just laughing at the irony of this statement and the fact we're talking about a Jap car.

Carry on...

lokka wrote:the richmond gear lock right its the better of the 3 available

How do you figure? Funny reading this from a guy calling himself 'lokka'..

it is a jap car. but not much is jap left on it. just about all new panels on it all in aussie steel. only thing left jap is the motor box and diff housings
i would change it but why mess with something that works so good.

ive heard mixed things about dobinsons springs. 2 people have told me to steer clear because they have sagged on there cars. both 60 series. but then again they probably over loaded them or something. they cant be too bad with all the other stuff he does.

ended up purchasing a lokka today. should have it within the fortnight. and hopefully buying the arb locker from a bloke on the forum who is selling one. all going ahead now.

I run Lokka rear, RD-02 front in two of my 40s, and my SOA axles will be configured the same.. Good value for money combination I think..

vk7ybi wrote:

lokka wrote:the richmond gear lock right its the better of the 3 available

How do you figure? Funny reading this from a guy calling himself 'lokka'..

Um maby its because the richmond gear lock right is the better built option but then again my opinion dont mean shyte ...
Funny reading this from a guy with a CB radio call sign as a user name

Dont insult me. Its an amateur radio callsign.

http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-te ... stion.html

See post 12.

I'll be corrected, but from what I've read and the research I've done, the Lokka and Aussie Locker are the same thing.

There are many, many posts on ih8mud stating that the Aussie variant is the best..

Dude i know its an amateur call just used the CB wording to see how well you bit

Ive played with all 3 and found the richmond to be the best thats why i have 2 of em

Hardzy wrote:yeah but made by the yanks (no offence to any)

i prefer my truck to be built with all aussie built and sourced parts.

mate the richmond gear lockrites are the go.
i got one in my old shorty40. was sweet.
from all accounts less complaints then the aussie versions.
and yeah lovells springs are aussie made. which is good to know.