Rear Locker
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Bounty__Hunter
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Spool or mini-spool if available for your axle, otherwise lincoln lock it.
Saddle Tramp
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Lock Right X 2. Cheap, easy to install, & work. Just don't use one in a CJ if you drive it on the road much at all.
Bounty__Hunter
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Too much to fail in a lockright.
mini spool or welded. if your gonna weld it, mark the bearing caps and take out the carrier, way easier. also post welding, a trick I have used in the past is once done, bury the diff in a big bucket of sand. it will cause the case hardened gears to cool slower, not effecting the structural integrity as much and giving you a stronger carrier. just make sure you thoroughly wash teh diff in a parts cleaner when done, I also replaced the carrier bearings since sand will get in them.
84cjseven
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But very easy to repair.
Does not sound like the OP is going to be Hard core trail ridding or rock crawling. If you are under 35" tires the Lock Right should be OK.
I am running the power trax front and rear. Very satisfied with them. A few trips to telico couple of rock crawling comps. and a few tough truck events plus tons of local wheeling. And I know several people using the Lock Right with very little trouble. And these guys push their rigs to the limit.
Better than welding in my opinion.
xjmarc
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This is just my opinion and experience but I hate Lock Rights. Mine grenaded in the middle of nowhere, pieces of it got between the ring and pinion and cost me a set of gears as well. Too many parts moving around without a case to catch them. Also if the springs get worn they don't like to ratchet which is fun in a front axle on the road. Weld it and don't look back.
Bounty__Hunter
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Not when the cogs are worn or the pins are broken. The spool will never 'need' repaired, there's nothing there but a chunk of steel. Doesn't get much more KISS simple and bulletproof.
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