I have been reading and asking questions about cheap rear locking differentials--I would get an ARB but I won't have the funds for a while. So I found this Powertrax Lockright shipped for $198---Will I be happy with this--I want to use it to wheel in the jungle every other weekend? The roads here suck--many holes..... I also have a 5spd if it will make a difference....

Thanks

 

I am hoping its a good locker. I am putting mine in this sunday.

 

I've got one in my truck, and it works like a charm. Performs just as well as an ARB, but w/out the luxury of turning it off/on. Just dont haul arse around any corners

 

They ARE great mechanical lockers, but DO NOT perform like an ARB. When active, an ARB is a SPOOL. It does not unlock when you let off the gas.

 

woops :pat:
I stand corrected

 

Dude get the locker. Its a super easy install(make sure you put ALL the parts back into the 3rd member) and it drives fine. I am not a very aggressive driver but on turns you can tell(if really paying attention) just driving around for 30 minutes tonight and I totally forgot I spent all day putting it in. Its not noticeable at all.

 

When making long, sharp turns, for instance a u-turn, does yours start to bind and pop and make the rear end jumpy? Mine does if I don't take long, sharp turns real slow.

edit: Don't mean to scare ya Gringo It just takes some driving adaptations to get used to it.

 

Yes it does. But I have only had it installed for about 4 hrs now, driven it about 35 minutes total, but again, i dont even notice it. even when i try to hear the clicking sound, its hardly noticeable. I will tell more once i drive it tomorrow.

 

WolfPack---I agree with you the arb is better---think of this as a 1 or 2 year bandaid until I can do arb's front and rear along with a ample air onboard set up. Your not thinking about buying a 4Runner are you?

Thanks for the replies--This will be perfect for what I can budget for now. Changing my driving habits is easy---it would be much harder to change if I moved back to the U.S:

 

I have one in the rear end of my 94. I have used it for nearly a couple years now, and I have to say that it is the best mod that I have done for the money spent and the advantages gained. I don't even notice it anymore when I drive on the road (well unless I am taking a turn at full lock that is) The clicking is not noticible since I have a pretty heavy gear oil back there-85W-140. I would consider getting one for the front diff, if I picked up one of those twin-stick conversions (www.frontrangeoffroad.com) that would allow me to disconnect the front drive in order to make tight turns without having to unlock the front hubs first. But I think that I will end up doing the SAS before putting one up front.

 

I think this may be my next mod.
The ARB is just out of reach.

 

No matter what the big dollar locker guys say, well my Lock Rite has proven itself beyond a doubt to me. It has gotten me places that I would not have been able to get into without a winch. In fact having it has allowed me on multiple occasions to embarass my buddy with his 2003 Jeep Rubicon. My truck has been able to climb rocky and loose inclines that have stopped all of the other mostly stock rigs in my wheeling party (some even had factory Gov-loc's on them-Chevy ZR2's) At my level of wheeling, until I am running some high zoot $$$ suspension and dual cases and the like, it is enough though sometimes wish that I had a front locker.

 

ive got lockrites F&R and cant even feel the rear one when im drivin, the key is that if you read the manual, it'll tell you that it will unlock in turns by itself but in order for it to do that you gotta keep it in gear and dont completley let off the gas, if you just coast through a turn in N, the damn thing will buck and pop all over the place, you dont have to take turns like yer drivin a racecar, just a little throttle will make it unlock, but that the one thing that i had to kinda teach myself to do

and on the trail, best money i ever spent, they never "unlocked" when i didn't want em to, and the traction is insane, the one time ive wheeled with both of them i was high blues at PAP with 32" meats and didnt have any problems

turner

 

most def. I will give a report tomorrow, see what i can tear up.

 

any updates?

I am going to order a powertrax tomorrow

how long it take to install etc?

please advise

my rear axle is disassembled, and the third member is on the bench

any tips would be appreciated

 

i run a lock-right in the rear of my 4Runner. best money i have spent on the rig yet. it's pretty damn road-worthy considering it's an automatic locker. i hear it and feel it around corners every once in a while at low speeds (less than 10 mph), but the traction off-road makes up for it ten times over. install on mine took 2-3 hours, with 3 of us doing it. the hardest part is getting the third member out. once it was out, i would say getting it in took 30-45 minutes...

 

my third member is out already sitting on the bench

so you figure 30 minutes if it goes well

so what do you have to do, take off the main caps on the third member drop the center out? do you have to unbolt the ring gear

please explain in as much detail as possible

thanks!

 

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/lockright_locker/

best write up on the net IMO

 

i didn't do too much of the install, because i didn't know what i was doing compared to the other guys. the ring gear came off though. so did those clamp-looking things... i wish i could be more help, but i can't. good luck with it dude.

 

i have read up on them thanks

i found a complete third member with a locker, bought it today, waiting for it to ship to me!