Outer Limits 4x4 Board

G'day , running a lockrite locker in the front diff (Dana 44 4:56 gears ) done bugger all work & its sheared the drive pins. Is this a common problem ? if I replace the pins will it continue to smash em?
will removing 4 of the 8 preload springs help?
Please don't suggest air locker will fix the prob.
need new pins where do i get em?

you said it!, and make sure ur diff isnt bent.

air locker will fix it..... go on you know you want it ! (sorry)

Have you broken a Free wheeling hub or an axle at all in the past with the lockright instaled?

no diff's not bent(please explain), haven't broken a axle or hub with the locker installed.
NOO air lockers,
got detroit in back if I'm changing it will deffinately be detroit in the front!!!

My first lokrite lokka in the rear of my MQ took 3 weeks to arive and then shat itself in 2 weeks. It rounded off all the dogs on one side. I got another under warranty and has lasted 2 years with 35" tyres. The replacement had a full set of dog teeth whereas the first had 3/4 and then the rest machined off im guessing for oil flow. When my first one failed it also broke one of the pins but not the rest dont know how that happens.

360 scout wrote:G'day , running a lockrite locker in the front diff (Dana 44 4:56 gears ) done bugger all work & its sheared the drive pins. Is this a common problem ? if I replace the pins will it continue to smash em?
will removing 4 of the 8 preload springs help?
Please don't suggest air locker will fix the prob.
need new pins where do i get em?

What tyers ya runn'in

I have had a open stock carrier is bent, where the ring gear holes are.
I like the 44's but the stock carriers are week IMO.

Eric

answering one of your qs..

BIGBALLS bbm, sell the spring and pin kits.
they were $30 or $40 from memory.

both liam and rick are members of this board shoot em a pm..

Yep My Lokka Lockright lasted about a month.Costly exercise.Detroits are a LOT better.I didnt have any problems with mine

broke the pins in mine 3 times before the the lokka itself cracked where the pins sit.

and broke a few cv's too cuz i couldnt turn the locker off when i found i had to reverse up a hill (track was blocked)

thats what u get for not installing an airlocker

Thanks for all the help , spoke to a lockrite guru on the weekend found out whats the problem .
so will throw some new pins in & try again.

360 scout wrote:Thanks for all the help , spoke to a lockrite guru on the weekend found out whats the problem .
so will throw some new pins in & try again.

So what was the problem?

im just about to thow a lockright in the front D30.....whats the go, what was the problem so i know.

The problem was the clearences between the 2 centre pieces if set two far apart as mine was pins are to exposed & locker only engages on the edge of the tooth Not good !!

Thats the secet to lokkas and lockrites, correct clearences.
Dont expect to just be able to just bung the bloody thing in, throw it all back together and expect it to work as advertised all the time.
The instructions that come with them will list 2 sets of clearences, typically .006" to.012" for clearences of the cross pin to the 2 central spacers and .150" to .170" for the clearence between the 2 toothed segments ( all that makes sense when its all sitting in front of you).
To get the clearences correct you may have to have spacers machined to suit or you may be lucky and eveything will fit straight in with no adjustment required. Each one is different thanks to the tolerences of modern mass production.
Get the clearences right the grip forces and tooth engagements are correct, it unlocks when it has too and everyones happy.
Thats not to say youll never break one, but it makes it harder.
Also allow your self 3 times the time you think it will take to do it the first time.

mine failed and was within spec.
Anyways what is wrong with the metric system, bloody american wankers living in the past.