Lunchbox Lockers???

[Boostnu]

I posted in this thread about Aussie a while ago. I never got any updates from them so I ended up going a different route myself. It would be nice if they made one for the 210 axle. I ran one in the front of my TJ and really liked it.

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[Necro]

I believe you can get lunchbox lockers for the sport axles, as my wrangler friend Pig Pen has one in his on 37s and his Jeep is a beast… not sure which brand it was.
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The easiest solution would be a lunch box style locker like a spartan USA Standard Gear Spartan Locker SL D30JL-27 Lunchbox Locker for Dana 30 JL M186 Differential https://a.co/d/cLcUVeE. Cheap, automatic, easy to install as it doesn't require great setup like a full case locker, unnoticeable in 2wd. Ran 1 in my old Cherokee for years without issue. I wouldn't spend arb money on a Dana 30, for near what that setup would cost once you add air supply and gear set up, you could source a Rubicon front axle and gain the strength, track width, and lower gearing (you would have to regear the rear axle to match) .

The Wrangler axles are different in the front. They use a Dana 30 unless it's a Rubicon. All Gladiators use Dana 44 axles in the front, even the Sport versions. At least to the best of my knowledge at this time.

 

[Necro]

I posted in this thread in 2021. I've long abandoned the idea of adding lockers. The LSD combined with the brake-locking "locker", for me, has been exemplary. It's certainly not the same as a locker, but I've yet to encounter an obstacle that a locker would have been the difference between getting through and getting stuck.

Credit where credit is due-- the brake lok differential system is amazing. I can see, and hear it working every single time I go wheeling. I'll say again it isn't an equal to a locker, as I'd prefer to avoid wheel slipping in the first place, but a locker isn't as necessary as it would be in a 4x4 with no software traction control system.

I'm regeared on 37s with a 3" lift, so it's usually an extreme high centering scenario that does me in.

That's cool to know the LSD with Brake locker works so well. I remember reading that listed on the window sticker and laughing at the marketing jargon. I believe that's the same system the various Trailhawk Jeeps use to lock their axles and they all seem pretty capable as well.

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