decisions

[grundlepunch]

i would get armor and just a lunchbox for the front. arb's are so much $$

[clean4drxj]

i would get armor and just a lunchbox for the front. arb's are so much $$

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[hoggie101]

i would get armor and just a lunchbox for the front. arb's are so much $$

if i get an aussie front the front it wont look up when i turn corners right? because theres no imput from the ds itll only lock when im in 4wd also correct too?

[Trailer Ray]

Yeah I wouldn't waste money on an arb locker when you can get a lunchbox for 1/4 the money. Lunchbox the front and armor it up, then go get a prime rib.

[cherokee-at-16]

if i get an aussie front the front it wont look up when i turn corners right? because theres no imput from the ds itll only lock when im in 4wd also correct too?

Still would be a bitch in the winter months when using 4wd. just saying, i am probably going that way myself, too.

[grundlepunch]

the only time mine would chirp is when in a parking lot at full wheel lock. and there is no t-case input to the front ds when in 2wd.

[WickedXJ]

if i get an aussie front the front it wont look up when i turn corners right? because theres no imput from the ds itll only lock when im in 4wd also correct too?

I don't get this so maybe I'm right maybe I'm not but as far as I have been told and seen for myself an auto-locker is designed to be engaged most of the time and disengage when enough torque is put on the locker by a difference in speed of on tire to the other, hence the clicking while turning? So since the drive shafts are connected to the wheels 24/7 with unit bearings doesn't this mean that it would lock irregardless of being in 2 or 4?

Off road while turning your front wheels will lock together on slippery surfaces and you will simply plow with your front tires and go straight in 4. I highly recommend against front lockers without full on/off control and lock-out hubs and I would NEVER put any locker in a steering axle without lock-out hubs. maybe that's just me?

[cherokee-at-16]

I don't get this so maybe I'm right maybe I'm not but as far as I have been told and seen for myself an auto-locker is designed to be engaged most of the time and disengage when enough torque is put on the locker by a difference in speed of on tire to the other, hence the clicking while turning? So since the drive shafts are connected to the wheels 24/7 with unit bearings doesn't this mean that it would lock irregardless of being in 2 or 4?

Off road while turning your front wheels will lock together on slippery surfaces and you will simply plow with your front tires and go straight in 4. I highly recommend against front lockers without full on/off control and lock-out hubs and I would NEVER put any locker in a steering axle without lock-out hubs. maybe that's just me?

I think they figured away around that or else no one would buy them. And if you have no front traction even with a full on/off locker you will still plow forward if the rear had traction.

[Henchman]

ARMORFTW

[grundlepunch]

I don't get this so maybe I'm right maybe I'm not but as far as I have been told and seen for myself an auto-locker is designed to be engaged most of the time and disengage when enough torque is put on the locker by a difference in speed of on tire to the other, hence the clicking while turning? So since the drive shafts are connected to the wheels 24/7 with unit bearings doesn't this mean that it would lock irregardless of being in 2 or 4?

Off road while turning your front wheels will lock together on slippery surfaces and you will simply plow with your front tires and go straight in 4. I highly recommend against front lockers without full on/off control and lock-out hubs and I would NEVER put any locker in a steering axle without lock-out hubs. maybe that's just me?

[Henchman]

is right.

[Henchman]

Reading that made me wanna punch babies. just sayin

[clean4drxj]

I think they figured away around that or else no one would buy them. And if you have no front traction even with a full on/off locker you will still plow forward if the rear had traction.

Maybe a quarter to half of what you said is correct

[clean4drxj]

I don't get this so maybe I'm right maybe I'm not but as far as I have been told and seen for myself an auto-locker is designed to be engaged most of the time and disengage when enough torque is put on the locker by a difference in speed of on tire to the other, hence the clicking while turning? So since the drive shafts are connected to the wheels 24/7 with unit bearings doesn't this mean that it would lock irregardless of being in 2 or 4?

Off road while turning your front wheels will lock together on slippery surfaces and you will simply plow with your front tires and go straight in 4. I highly recommend against front lockers without full on/off control and lock-out hubs and I would NEVER put any locker in a steering axle without lock-out hubs. maybe that's just me?

I dont know about all that

[grundlepunch]

I don't get this so maybe I'm right maybe I'm not but as far as I have been told and seen for myself an auto-locker is designed to be engaged most of the time and disengage when enough torque is put on the locker by a difference in speed of on tire to the other, hence the clicking while turning?
- right

So since the drive shafts are connected to the wheels 24/7 with unit bearings doesn't this mean that it would lock irregardless of being in 2 or 4?

- kinda you dont feel it when your driving around in 2wd.

Off road while turning your front wheels will lock together on slippery surfaces and you will simply plow with your front tires and go straight in 4.

- they will do the same if you have and open diff. the idea is TRACTION. 2 wheels spinning is better then 1. you get used to how a locker works quickly

I highly recommend against front lockers without full on/off control

- Why??? have YOU ever owned a jeep with a front locker? i had a lock-right in a d30 and though i did end up breaking it, it drove fine and preformed well offroad. and i currently have a detroit in a d44 and love it.

and lock-out hubs and I would NEVER put any locker in a steering axle without lock-out hubs. maybe that's just me?

- Again, why? lock out hubs provide obvious advantages (like breaking an axle or ujoint and still being able to drive home) but its not a necessity