It appears that the units are both functionally the same. The only difference is that the OEM plugs into an OEM locker and the aftermarket has a generic plug which you'll need to wire yourself.
Do you know if the eaton locker has an oem style plug? And will your harness plug into either one of the Z auto units? I think I need to do some more homework. Thank you for your help.
It appears to use a plug that is similar to the Z-automotive aftermarket one. You will likely have to splice it yourself if the plugs aren't exactly the same.
Yes, both the Z-automotive OEM and aftermarket have the correct female plug for the factory wiring harness.
So with the cable, dash switch, and an Eaton e locker, we are not replacing the Mojave axle, just adding to it, correct?
Yes, although I went with an ARB locker which replaced the front open differential. The locker was installed and shimmed when new gears (5:13) were added to save on labor. Adding a locker requires drilling a hole for the wires or air tube. I drilled out where the factory Rubicon axle wires are routed. Otherwise the rest of the Mojave front axle is retained. You'll also need a locker controller that mimics the axle lock sensor if going with the Eaton or an air locker. I sell the air one on my site and Z-automotive sells the one for electric lockers. Although the one from Z-automotive can be used for an air locker as well but you'll have to manually turn the air compressor on.
The ARB locker came with all of the fittings and plumbing. It uses an NPT threaded adapter. Hopefully the electric locker has all of the hardware for routing the wiring through the differential housing.
The factory axle shafts were reused for my ARB front locker install. I believe the Mojave and max tow have the same axle shafts front and rear, but don't quote me on that.
I thought you had to replace the axles shafts to install lockers. I guess it is good that you do not, it might save me a few dollars. Thanks.
Depends on the spline count, if you use lockers with 32 splines you can reuse the OEM shafts, if you upgrade to 35 splines you need new axle shafts.
The Rubicon sway bar button can be enabled using the same device that is used to enable both lockers. The wiring harness for the sway bar is missing on the Mojave. The sway bar module is contained in the sway bar. It reports the status and contains all of the logic for enabling and disabling it. Theoretically someone can engineer a custom module that would do something different. However, the dash will still report the button status as a sway bar.
I actually bought a rubicon sway bar to put in my Mojave that I want to actuate with air, and I was hoping that I could use the sway bar button to active the solenoid. Sound like it wouldn’t be as simple as hooking two wire up to the button though.
![Brfertig [HACKED ACCOUNT]](/forum/data/avatars/s/28/28791.jpg?1589454837){kind=avatar}
