whatis the best locking diffrential for the cheapest amount of money?

Get a lock-rite. In my opinion they are the best bang for your buck in terms of offroad traction and decent on road manners, and not incredibly pricey. If you have manual hubs and don't plan on using your 4WD on the road in the snow, you can put anything in the front like a spool.

The best locker is an ARB, and they are only $1000.

Aussie is supposed to be better than a Lock Right and they now have a V6 locker. I have the Aussie 4cyl and its good.

I like the Search series locker......

Aussie or FAIL.

lincoln locker. Been wheeling hard for over 3 years w/38's on the yota and they haven't broke yet. make sure you get the 220v variety.

+1 to that. The cheapest, most efficient locker is the lincoln locker. Lol.

Hmm, locker is $300, tires are $500-1000. No differentiation= excessive tire wear. Fine for a trail rig, but not if you drive on streets.

I like my lockright. Big wide mud tires hurt the on road drivability more than the locker..

Ive yet to drive an aussie in a truck like mine so...

holy hell, when did aussie release the V6 locker???
im goin for the lockright in the front and an aussie in the ass... (no homo)
especially since ive heard nothing but good things about the 4cyl aussie lockers...

they announced on Sept 30 2009:
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthrea...ssie+v6+locker
http://www.aussielocker.com/make.php.../b789/20/.html

my lincoln lockers dodn't cost over $5 and a fluid change.... True, it does kill the tires fast on a daily driver . Small sacrifice for max traction IMOP.

Reviving this thread because different lockers are out now, and the Aussies and Lock Rites have gone up in price since the last ones I bought. Now the cheapest is the Yukon Spartan locker, and although I broke 2 of them in jeep axles, maybe they're stronger in the stronger yota axles? The price is quite compelling at $250 or less.
I do need strength, because my v8 is quite a bit stronger than the stock 4 cylinder, and I have 35" tires and an occasionally heavy foot. I've welded several diffs in the past, but tires aren't cheap, and I need to be able to drive this truck on pavement to work a couple of days a week.
So, 7 years later, what is currently the best deal for a budget traction aid that won't eat my expensive tires?

Grizzly, is what I'm planning. Cheaper than a Detroit. Been out for years with very little negative posts on it. Not as cheap as a lunchbox.

yeah, send Spartans break on Dana 30s and heard of the grenading in Suzuki axles too.

Not sure if the 4cyl Spartan is any real difference then the 6cyl.
I had a 6cyl Spartan and ended up selling it off because of a large amount of play.
Running a Grizzly now.

I would say grizzly for lunchbox style for sure. Detroit if buying new and can spend the money. I have been shopping used ARB's and just found a pair with switches and solenoids for $1,100. Cost of Detroits new. So that's the direction I went. Just need to find a compressor now.

how do you like the grizzly. Hard for me to make a comparison never driven a spartan. Have you driven a lockrite?? How does grizzly compare??

Not had a Lockrite.

I think the Spartan might be fine for an auto, But there is a lot of play.
I know when there is a lot of play and torque being slammed onto the parts
things break.

My Grizzly is taking its sweet time breaking in, It is having issues of peglegging in the straights and
not letting loose in the turn, But its tight compared to the Spartan.

The only grizzly I've seen looks more like a Detroit than the average lunchbox locker, anybody have a link for the cheap one?
If $600 is cheap, I know at least one guy who's gonna weld the crap out of his rear axle...

I've had excellent results from aussie lockers and lock rights, and broke both of the Spartans I tried, although I've only ever bought lockers for jeeps, and have had just as many welded.axles as lockered ones. My opinion of the Spartan locker is that if it happens to be the weakest link in a Dana 35, which has a reputation for being junk, then the Spartan must REALLY be a piece of crap.