Aussie Locker

[fj40forlife]

I been doing alot of seach. does any one hate them????? Well I give you some spec of my rig. its a 77 fj40 stock drive train. and im soa. on 35s. I want a locker for the rear. and want to go with aussie. Has anyone ran one with out a trac. bar. I havent built one yet. but is in my plans

 

[Poser]

I been doing alot of seach. does any one hate them????? Well I give you some spec of my rig. its a 77 fj40 stock drive train. and im soa. on 35s. I want a locker for the rear. and want to go with aussie.

Considering the number of threads on this topic and the number of people who have installed them and like them, I really doubt that you are going to find anyone bagging on them.

Has anyone ran one with out a trac. bar. I havent built one yet. but is in my plans

The locker has nothing to do with why you need to install an anti-wrap bar in a spring-over suspension system.


Not running an anti-wrap bar on a SO is only asking to be sitting broken on the side of the road or trail.



The anti-wrap bar would be more of a priority for me, than a locker.

 

[D'Animal]

The locker will give you added traction. The track bar keeps your pinion angle correct. When it becomes to great the pinion will snap. The added traction is what will cause you axle to wrap and your pinion to snap.

I run a Detroit in my 76 FJ 40 with 36". I snapped the standard course spline pinioin and upgraded to the fine spline. I still do not a traction bar.

 

[Poser]

The locker will give you added traction. The added traction is what will cause you axle to wrap and your pinion to snap.

Guess I have seen too many open diff, spring-over trucks with broken pinions to give the blame squarely to a locker....

I run a Detroit in my 76 FJ 40 with 36". I snapped the standard course spline pinioin and upgraded to the fine spline. I still do not a traction bar.

Fine spline, coarse spline, does not matter. Axle wrap will bind a drive shaft and twist off a pinion, every time....

 

[D'Animal]

Guess I have seen too many open diff, spring-over trucks with broken pinions to give the blame squarely to a locker....

True, I'm SUA and did not start breaking things until my locker install.

 

[85roktoy]

I just put one in my 85 pickup like 6 months ago. It works great but it does make noise like a typical lunchbox locker and acts funny on the road at times. I could tell a major difference in traction though. I'm on 35's too. Hope this helps.

 

[camcruiser13]

for the money you will not find any who dogg on the aussie

 

[cruiser_guy]

Yep, I was glad for the locker this weekend. We were out wheeling with a bunch of trucks in rural Guatemala and there were a couple of Sami's ahead of me. Both had open diffs and both had issues climbing the rocks while I just crawled on up with the BJ60 in 4 low.
I'm locked in the rear with an Aussie I installed last year and I'll be putting in a OEM Toyota limited slip in the front in the next few months when I re-gear to 4.11's.

 

[Gold Boy]

Yep, I was glad for the locker this weekend. We were out wheeling with a bunch of trucks in rural Guatemala and there were a couple of Sami's ahead of me. Both had open diffs and both had issues climbing the rocks while I just crawled on up with the BJ60 in 4 low.
I'm locked in the rear with an Aussie I installed last year and I'll be putting in a OEM Toyota limited slip in the front in the next few months when I re-gear to 4.11's.

x2

awesome!

 

[projektdotnet]

I've got my lockrite (simmilar locker but not the same) and I love being locked. I do need a wrap bar before I get my rig going again for sure though

 

[ProvoCruiser]

i just installed an aussie (thanks to camcruiser for the help). i took it to moab and i can tell you it probably was the best money i have spent. it chirps a little when i turn,especially in tight circles on pavement. but you can't go wrong with an aussie.

 

[theo]

Considering the number of threads on this topic and the number of people who have installed them and like them, I really doubt that you are going to find anyone bagging on them.

I've got a bone to pick with that frigging Aussie Locker in my 40. I had a hell of a time climbing a short, steep, loose rock hill in the Cascades last summer. All the heeps in my group walked right up it, but I had to give her some juice and scramble to make it. If I wouldn't have had the stupid locker in the rear I would have realized right away that I was in 2 wheel low, not 4 wheel low, and that my front diff wasn't pulling. Instead I had to climb the hill in 2WD, then pull over at the top in front of God and everybody and get exposed as a dork for not knowing where to put my transfer case shift lever. Stupid Aussie Locker. What a piecer.

 

[FJ40 MNTCRZR]

Blaming the locker for not having the rig in the correct gear ? and or hubs turned.

am i missing something here ? the locker was not at fault,
sounds like driver error ..


Cheers ...

 

[camcruiser13]

Blaming the locker for not having the rig in the correct gear ? and or hubs turned.

am i missing something here ? the locker was not at fault,
sounds like driver error ..


Cheers ...

yes your missing the hint of sarcasm

 

[projektdotnet]

yes your missing the hint of sarcasm

hint of sarcasm? try brick walls worth and this guy just plowed right past it

 

[Gold Boy]

the nice thing about the Aussie locker is that there are no levers or air lines to worry about, for most of the wheeling i do this a major advantage, as the locker is working all the time, not just when some one pulls a lever or flicks a switch.

don't think you can beat it for good value either.

2cents

 

[TLCSKULLS]

I've got a bone to pick with that frigging Aussie Locker in my 40. I had a hell of a time climbing a short, steep, loose rock hill in the Cascades last summer. All the heeps in my group walked right up it, but I had to give her some juice and scramble to make it. If I wouldn't have had the stupid locker in the rear I would have realized right away that I was in 2 wheel low, not 4 wheel low, and that my front diff wasn't pulling. Instead I had to climb the hill in 2WD, then pull over at the top in front of God and everybody and get exposed as a dork for not knowing where to put my transfer case shift lever. Stupid Aussie Locker. What a piecer.

I don't mean to :shotts: but that was too funny!

 

[projektdotnet]

primary vehicle use is another factor to look at. If you do a LOT of road driving and very little off-road some people will be known to complain about the MILD amount of noise or bind while turning. My lockrite (which from what I've heard is louder and more apt to lock at turning than the aussie) doesn't hardly phase me on road and provides a whole lot of extra off-road ability

 

[Cornbread]

I have read about the Aussie Locker for a couple of years on here. Have never really heard a real complaint at all. I have seen a little info on lunchbox lockers in snow and ice on pavement. Not to completely hijack this thread, but...

For someone who drives with caution, is it really that big of a deal on icey or snowy roads. An example is driving up a hill (pavement). Does it get sketchy or what? I had a fried with a detroit locker that was going over a pass here in the Cascades, hit ice, totalled the truck. Granted, he drives like hell.

Like I said, I have read alot on this subject and figured since we are talkin about it anyway, I thought I would ask.

Also, I drive alot on pavement.

 

[cruiser_guy]

I have read about the Aussie Locker for a couple of years on here. Have never really heard a real complaint at all. I have seen a little info on lunchbox lockers in snow and ice on pavement. Not to completely hijack this thread, but...

For someone who drives with caution, is it really that big of a deal on icey or snowy roads. An example is driving up a hill (pavement). Does it get sketchy or what? I had a fried with a detroit locker that was going over a pass here in the Cascades, hit ice, totalled the truck. Granted, he drives like hell.

Like I said, I have read alot on this subject and figured since we are talkin about it anyway, I thought I would ask.

Also, I drive alot on pavement.

I have an Aussie and this was a concern for me. This past winter we were in Cranbrook, B.C. and we made several trips from Cranbrook to Vancouver with the snow and ice. Some of the trips the semi's were chained up and still spinning and we had no issues with the Aussie locker.
If your buddy drives like hell then the fault likely lies with his driving style and not the locker.