View Poll Results: Which locker setup should I go with?
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time to get LOCKED!
Mar 20, 2006 | 11:37 AM
#101
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$500 obo really means about $500 shipped. add $200-$250 for labor to install and another $200 for a compressor. $900 for an ARB installed is a smoking deal. not as cheap as a lunchbox, but not in the same class either.
just thought i'd pass them along...
just thought i'd pass them along...
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Mar 20, 2006 | 11:47 AM
#102
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From: boston, ma
The ARB was gouged from a broken r&p. The damage is only on the surface and did not affect how the locker works in anyway. The r&p was repaired and the locker was run for 2 years so I know it works perfectly.
slowpokes.
Mar 20, 2006 | 02:24 PM
#110
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keep us updated for sure, but you knew thata 
I initially voted e-locker because thats what Ive planned on doing since I got the vehicle, but in case I can swing a "buy one with one and swap the axles" I cant do that, and I'm pretty much planning on a Lock-rite this summer now.
I initially voted e-locker because thats what Ive planned on doing since I got the vehicle, but in case I can swing a "buy one with one and swap the axles" I cant do that, and I'm pretty much planning on a Lock-rite this summer now.
Nov 7, 2006 | 07:50 PM
#111
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what makes installing a e-locker so hard? I know you have to switch out the whole axel right? Why is that so hard? Do you have to weld stuff in to make it fit? (not arguing, just tyring to learn)
Nov 7, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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From: vansterdam BC.
theres a write up on it. not sure of the link, but its easily searchable. in a nutshell, you have to grind out a bit of the housing, the opening when the 3rd member fits in. the rest is bolt in...well aside from the wiring of course. you can either go full oem and fit it with your computer if applicable. or you can fab up your own wiring. the swap looks like its not super easy, but not as difficult as putting in an ARB id imagine which requires tearing apart your carrier & resetting your R&P
Nov 8, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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It's not hard if you replace the whole axle assembly. It's just harder to find a whole axle assembly w/e-locker to swap. If you don't swap the whole axle then you have to modify your existing axle housing which requires some fabrication (welding, cutting, drilling, tapping).
Nov 8, 2006 | 08:52 AM
#114
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lock right 195$ shipped, installed in half a day. Never look back.
I wonder of all the people who voted selectable (minus the people with factory e-lock) have forked over the money for one or can afford to shell it out. It's easier said than done to spend that kind of money with the less expensive options out there.
I wonder of all the people who voted selectable (minus the people with factory e-lock) have forked over the money for one or can afford to shell it out. It's easier said than done to spend that kind of money with the less expensive options out there.
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Nov 8, 2006 | 09:37 AM
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lock right 195$ shipped, installed in half a day. Never look back.
I wonder of all the people who voted selectable (minus the people with factory e-lock) have forked over the money for one or can afford to shell it out. It's easier said than done to spend that kind of money with the less expensive options out there.
I wonder of all the people who voted selectable (minus the people with factory e-lock) have forked over the money for one or can afford to shell it out. It's easier said than done to spend that kind of money with the less expensive options out there.
Nov 8, 2006 | 12:32 PM
#117
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The idea is that if one wheel starts to slip in the snow, the locker will engage. I don't really see why this would be a problem unless it started to make your rear end swing around (fishtail). If you drive slow and cautious it prabably isn't that big of a deal. I don't ever drive in snow living in SD, so I really don't mind the auto locker.
Nov 8, 2006 | 04:29 PM
#119
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From: Phoenix,AZ(home) Rexburg, ID (school)
I am thinking of buying a donor truck to swap axles (a locked donor) What Years would work? I am looking at a 1988 4runner thats locked, could i do that swap. meaning are the axles the same?
Nov 8, 2006 | 05:24 PM
#120
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From: Calgary, AB
