so i have been seriously contemplating an aussie locker for the rear of my 4runner. It is currently a DD and my only real concern is that the locker may eat up the rear tires. I am not concerned with any stability issues, as I have a mustang with a locker and can handle that just fine. mustang is no help on the tire wear department as I can never seem to keep the rear tires from spinning

The aussie seems like a great deal and I have seen quite few positive things on the site about them.

Please share your input

 

look in my writeup (see sig).

It increases tire wear a bit, but not enough to outweight the benefit of a locker. Instead of the front wearing faster than the rear, now all 4 tires wear about the same.

 

its all up to you, I was thinking of an aussi for a ling time the the tire ware will cost in the long run. one way or another you will be paying, I did go with the ARB and i dont regret spending the money. Just think about it you only have to buy it once.

 

Love my Aussie =) I drive 60 miles a day on the freeway. No complaints here! You'll learn how to handle it onroad, it unlocks fairly easy. Tire wear is not a concern i have.

 

The highway isn't where tire wear will occur as a result of lockers- its right angle turns at intersections on rainy days or if you have a heavy foot.

 

heavy right foot here lol I am not expecting 100k miles from a set of parts store tires! I was just hoping i could get 20-30k out of them.

 

I guess its up to you! Control that right foot around corners in the rain and the inside tire won't spin. Its that simple.

 

I put new tires on the truck in June of last year and did an Aussie install with new gears about a month later. Daily driver up until I bought my 4runner in Feb of this year. Swapped the tires, gears and locker out of the truck and into the runner. I still have plenty of tread left and do 90% of my driving on the street. It's easier to get used to than you think.

 

Snow and ice are fun in 2wd, but drop it in 4wd lock the hubs, its all good in the hood.

 

you will learn how to drive with a locker and be able to not lock it up in corners, i had anssie locker and it was much smoother than my friends lockright. i say get it and learn to let off in the corners.

 

Its smoothest if you gas lightly around corners.

 

driving on the road yes, in parking lots or going under 10 mph no. mine always locked and unlocked if i did this and it would jerk the whole truck.

 

According to your name, you have a v6...Aussie doesn't have a locker for the v6 carriers yet, do they?

 

They do now.

Parking lots require punching in the clutch around full lock turns, but who cares, you might make 4 parking lot turns a day...

 

Whats an aussie locker go for?
I've gonna be buying a locker, or possibly lockers real soon, but I don't really know the ideal set up.

 

$200-250 4cyclinder 8", look on their site. Seems you can only get them from Aussie or used. Beeb awhile sinced I order one.

 

My tires wear faster now with the locker. but I think that has more to do with the fact that brakestands are just so much more fun now that both tires light up

Ive had a locker for almost 2 years. Im so used to it by now, its awsume!

The added traction is amazing! One tire fires suck

 

I just don't think our motors are much to show off... Thus my right foot is pretty light.
I was sold on an aussie when I saw that awesome T shirt they throw in!

 

There is good and bad with all lockers, but as you have seen it all comes down to learning how to drive it, I have them in front and rear on mine, and I have a heavy right foot, and it feeds a 5.7ltr V8 as well in my runner, and my tires are doing OK.

 

I'm doing rear aussie and front aussie.