What's the best lockers money can buy? Tell me what lockers you all are using. I was thinking Detroit would be the best I don't know. Maybe arb or Yukon. What's the locker with the chrome shifter I think it's Yukon.

 

IMO ARB & Yukon is best but I run a Aussie locker (lunch box locker)

 

Arb for selectable, full spool if not.

Detroits nice too


IMO

 

I've heard the Yukons are quieter than the Detriots.

ARB would be my top pick, then Yukon, spool, and lunchboxes.

 

I love these kinds of threads

first you have to pick a category of locker. spool, lunchbox, auto, or selectable

 

Damn can someone teach me on the different types of lockers? Is Detroit auto? Isn't Yukon selectable and arb spool and Aussie a lunchbox locker.

 

:face palm: me for asking about lockers while not knowing the different types.

 

Detroit and Yukon grizzly are full carrier auto lockers. Activate under load

Aussie, lokka, powertrax,spartan are all lunchbox lockers, a form of auto locker. Activate under load

Arb, Eaton, ox, zip locker are selectable

And spool is a permanent locker, like being welded

 

Thanks buddy

 

Depends on what you do with your XJ. I flat tow mine behind my motorhome so I need a selectable locker. Using ARB and no complaints.

 

I almost went with an e-locker (Eaton), but they don't make one for the C8.25. There's pros & cons. A pro would be that it needs virtually no maintenance after install. (ARB has more of a chance of something going wrong.) Plus it's a little cheaper on the install as you don't need an air compressor. But the biggest con for me is that there's none for my axle. That said, I think ARB can give you the best bang for the buck.

 

i almost bought an e-locker for my 44. then i read that it needs a certain amount of rotation to fully engage when going from forward to reverse or the other way round. so if you are locked, back up like 3" and hit it you can blow it up from not being fully engaged. i went with OX.. it can be engaged/disengaged up to 150mph.

 

That's B.S.

 

Eh what do you mean by it can blow up if you don't have it fully engaged?

 

thats what i've read. it cant be engaged/disengaged at speed anyway, which is something i wanted.