ouch!!!,,,,,

well that is what i wanted to know tho,,, for $300 to lock f&r thats about how much a spool cost right?

what i really want to know is how much torque will lock it up. just a little tension?
will it lock if im idlingish into a parking spot

thanks for ((ALL)) the posts tho

 

Don't forget new bearings.

 

Hey, I just put an Aussie in mine a little while ago. The clicking sucks, but the ability to lock it up at any time is awesome. I can be going like 30 and smack the gas around a curve to get some tire-chirping. The harder you hit the gas, the harder it locks.

 

With the Aussie, keeping tension in the drive shaft is important to avoid the clunking and banging while taking slow turns.

 

What are you worried about? You said you wanted cheap, remember?

ARB's and E-Lockers don't come on beer budgets... You have to learn to compromise.

I already told you when it will and will not lock and unlock. It's simple...

"The harder the driving torque, the stronger the tooth engagement. When entering a turn, the driver on the outside of the turn advances ahead of the cross shaft so there is no torque or outward force imposed on this driver. "

If there is so much torque the drivers can not dis-engage, you will make that turn in full spool.

Ever try and take a car out of gear going down hill without the clutch? You can't do it.

On level ground it'll come right out though, won't it?

There is no, "hey in this turn it will, and this turn it won't". It all depends on "the driving torque"

You say that like the clicking and "banging" is a bad thing?

W/o it, it's just a spool... And will eat your tires accordingly...


And I've never heard anyone complain about an Aussie banging before.

You're the first.

http://www.aussielocker.com/index.ph...tions/#answer3

 

This guy wants a weld job, cheap as it gets.

 

Whoa. When the Aussie clicks, it's OK. The clunking happens without any tension on the driveshaft, because of the extra slop. The slop causes it to grab and hang on more before it lets loose. I dunno, you have to drive it to get it.

Bottom line: The lunchbox locker is very streetable. At the $300 range you're gonna have quirks.

 

have you seen the spartan lockers? cheaper then lockrites and aussies. bascially the same thing

 

Lol i don't get it.
He wanted cheap cheaqp..
but then he buys the 300 dollar set.
A spool and a lincoln locker are the same thing, effectively, of course..
A lincoln locker = generally free if you have the oil, RTV, and welder to do it.

 

worn tires are not free tho. since its 45 min to the trail i figured its not worth fullylocked, and at 145 each i couldn't help myself.

i have the lockrite in the rear 3rd just need to put in pack in the diff.. ill post the outcome.

 

^^^^^ tried4x2signN agreed.

worry not about the locker. my lockrite in the rear is fine. drove about 150km on it before truck developed non-related issues and it got parked. Never had the back end do anything funky with me on highway, downtown, traffic, etc.

 

Lunch box lockers like the aussie need some torque from the motor to work rite.It keeps the drive tire locked and the out side tire spinning faster thus the clicking sound.To much torque and both tires will lock up.Lock-rite has its own problems but street-ability is not one of them.Most people that has used lock-rite and aussie like the aussie better,but you already bought the lock-rite so,drop it in and don't forget the new bearings and crush sleeve..

 

The other members have already said a lot, but, just wanna share my experience with spools. Any time you change your vehicles perofrmance or handling characteristics (ex, switching from open to locked diff), it will handle much differently, and depending on the setup you're going for, the cost will vary (initial cost vs long run cost). Spools or anyhting that keeps both tires positively locked, cost you big buckks down the road! I know this isn't a yota, but the principle applies. I'm restoring a 67 Chevy Impala, and I had a 450hp 383ci engine paired to a thm400 last summer, with a dana 60 I bought (stupidly I got it with a spool, as opposed to spending an extra 400 and getting a locker). Within a few days of driving around the city (without being hard on the gas), it had scrubbed off almost all of my brand new tires! which wouldve cost me way too much in rubber alone, but the other downside is, around a sharp corner going into a parkade, I made sure i was light and constant on the gas, and I snapped the axle in my dana! Low speed turns= the devil!! I seriously regret not spending the extra few hundred and getting a locker. I know what its like to be cheap, but in the end my friend, doing things the right way pays off in more ways than one!

 

ok i got a problem!!

installed it and drove up to Tahoe about 120mi round trip all highway. first every few secs it would Bang then jerk me left or right. but the big problem is a few times a min it would BANG rev up, sometimes times 250rpm and jerk the truck BBBAD. is that normal, to me its un drivable and is going to brake something else, only does that over about 25mpg. im going to take it out if thats normal?

 

i know this is NOT it but, felt like i sucked a bolt through the ring pinion.

 

made new post

 

That really sucks. I was expecting a post about how you "couldn't believe the extra traction." Were you in 4x4? Tires same diameter? Have manual hubs? Sounds like something is binding real bad. I'm just guessing here, new to the wheelin' thing.

 

haha ya bolth back tires spin. now i need more power. heres a link to new post

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...advice-221343/

 

same tires, i have manual hubs in front. not in 4x4

 

I don't know who taught you to drive, but giving the truck gas while parking is a bad idea unless you're going from a dead stop, in that case it won't really matter will it? I usually just hit the clutch and coast into the parking spot (using the brakes when needed of course), makes things much simpler. As far as the spool goes, not everyone wants to have their DD locked all the time, but we can't afford the selectables, so we get the lunchbox lockers.