How to check for a Posi rear end?
08-03-2010, 04:09 PM
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I hope ARB doesn't hear that you referred to them as "a posi". That just ain't right. Like I said earlier, "posi" is a Chevrolet term for their lsd back in the 50s-60s, not a locker like the ARB.
ARB is expensive for a reason. you need an onboard compressor, but you have posi ON DEMAND! Its the best!
08-03-2010, 06:23 PM
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Lock Rite and PowerTRax are made by the same company....Richmond Gear. The PowerTrax No-Slip is somewhat more sophisticated (and expensive) due to its design. Most lunchbox lockers will make a slight ratcheting/clicking sound while making a turn. The PowerTrax No-Slip does NOT make any sound in a turn. That's the one saving grace of a lsd, they're smooth and quite because like their middle name says, they "slip".
08-03-2010, 06:57 PM
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All true...but Detroit lockers are bombproof and the only sound I ever hear is a faint clicking as one side disengages once in a while. Since I tightened up the front end, I have near zero torque steer as well. Made a believer out of me.
08-03-2010, 08:06 PM
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Nope, I'm not saying that at all. The PowerTrax is the only locker I'm familiar with and have had zero, zip, nada issues with them and they DO NOT make a ratcheting/clicking sound in a turn. The ratcheting sound may bother some folks but is a non-issue to others. I'm sure that other brands of lockers are good also.......the PowerTrax just floats our boat.
Do some searching on the Internet and you'll become a traction enhanced differential "expert". Then when you use the word "posi", you will be using it in the same sentence with Chevy lsd, not on a Jeep forum. LOL
Do some searching on the Internet and you'll become a traction enhanced differential "expert". Then when you use the word "posi", you will be using it in the same sentence with Chevy lsd, not on a Jeep forum. LOL
08-03-2010, 08:59 PM
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Nope, I'm not saying that at all. The PowerTrax is the only locker I'm familiar with and have had zero, zip, nada issues with them and they DO NOT make a ratcheting/clicking sound in a turn. The ratcheting sound may bother some folks but is a non-issue to others. I'm sure that other brands of lockers are good also.......the PowerTrax just floats our boat.
Do some searching on the Internet and you'll become a traction enhanced differential "expert". Then when you use the word "posi", you will be using it in the same sentence with Chevy lsd, not on a Jeep forum. LOL
Do some searching on the Internet and you'll become a traction enhanced differential "expert". Then when you use the word "posi", you will be using it in the same sentence with Chevy lsd, not on a Jeep forum. LOL
08-05-2010, 11:25 AM
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The cheapest easiest way to go would be a lock right, aussie, or spartan lunchbox locker. They are all basically the same locker, just with a different brand name. All of these run about $250 and can ususally be put in without removing the carrier. The only difference between these lockers and a powertrax no-slip is that they will make a ratcheting noise around a corner, but from my experience the handling is not any different. If you want the cheapest easiest way to go get one of those. If the idea of a ratcheting noise bothers you and you have the cash, get a powertrax no-slip.
08-05-2010, 07:16 PM
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The cheapest easiest way to go would be a lock right, aussie, or spartan lunchbox locker. They are all basically the same locker, just with a different brand name. All of these run about $250 and can ususally be put in without removing the carrier. The only difference between these lockers and a powertrax no-slip is that they will make a ratcheting noise around a corner, but from my experience the handling is not any different. If you want the cheapest easiest way to go get one of those. If the idea of a ratcheting noise bothers you and you have the cash, get a powertrax no-slip.
should probaby post a pick of it soon, and with those new rims on my jeep
08-06-2010, 06:33 AM
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I just remembered that I tested my Detroit locker to see if it "worked" the old fashioned way...I put the right rear wheel on a gravel shoulder and left on pavement and stomped on it.
Took off like a jack rabbit and zero spin. That's a locker.
Took off like a jack rabbit and zero spin. That's a locker.
08-06-2010, 09:11 AM
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I remeber sitting on a small incline in the middle of winter pulling out of the parking lot at the movie theater here in a snow storm and i couldnt pull out because i had an open diff and its embarissing with your best friend in the car and even more so with 4 cars behinde you, had to back up put it in 4HI and punch it to get out...
08-06-2010, 09:20 AM
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Well to anyone that was interested i got the pictures of the exhaust and rims up and when i did my front brakes a month or so ago
08-06-2010, 11:57 AM
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What size tires are you running? The biggest I would reccomend with a locker and a 8.25 is 33" tires. Of course if you are heavy on the skinny pedal you could still break an axle with 33s, but if you don't drive like an idiot yout axles should be ok. I have a friend with a lockright in his 8.25 with 33" TSL Swampers and he has not broken any axles yet and he drives it every day and wheels it most weekends.