Well new to the scene kinda. I like to off road alot out here in the desert and occasionally a wheel will come off the floor and one is spinning. That tells me maybe i need a locker. Want to do something under a budget. What kind of lockers are available and where can i get my hands on one. Live here in the San Diego area. Any help?

 

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Well there are a few types you can look into.

Selectable lockers
auto lockers
or spools.

The selectable lockers are the nicest because you can flip a switch and control when it is locked or not, but it costs the most.

Auto lockers, are the second cheapest. THese are full time lockers, unlock in turns.
What i mean by full time is you don't have the option to control when it locks or not. I have a lunchbox style auto locker which just replaces the spider geards in the differential and i really like it. There is also auto lockers that replace the whole case inside the differntial, and work identical but are supposedly stronger.

Spools are the cheapest. These are ALWAYS locked, another meathod of makeing a spool like locker is to weld your spider gears.

 

id say for your budget you want a aussie or lockright around 200 bucks and not too bad of an install!
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or ZUK GEARS!

 

I got an 87 Toyota Pickup. All this is available for it?

 

Go to google. Type "Aussie Locker", go to the tourqe masters website. Purchase an aussie locker for your truck. Done.