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Installing front LSD on Quadra-drive?

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Old 08-06-2010, 01:26 PM
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I know its pretty much transfer case murder to put a locker in the front axle of these transfer cases for a DD, but what about an LSD like track-lok or vari-lok? Since this xfer case isnt supposed to engage the front axle until slippage occurs(if I understand correctly) and the LSD only acts when traction is lost, shouldn't some form of LSD in the front be OK?
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doesnt the overland editon have Vari-Lok front and rear?
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Mistake I made. I have the Quadra Trac II Tcase. To my knowledge WJs 99+ with *Quadra-drive* came with varilock front and rear. But all I can figure out is that they both use the NP249 Tcase(viscous coupling) Soooooo....any ideas?
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Why not a manual locker? I understand the price point if that is the reason.
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It is indeed the price.
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According to the Jeep Website the Quadra-Trac II and Quadra-Drive options use the same Transfer case, but the Quadra-Drive has a Varilok LSD differentials in the front and rear, while the Quadra-Trac option has open differentials. Based on this I would assume a Varilok or similar LSD would work in the front or rear.
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