if you're gonna go cheap, go as cheap as possible and get a lokka (supposedly made by aussie right?). if you're gonna spend more than $199 then go straight to Spartan with a hardened cross pin. if I ever buy another lunchbox it will be that setup. its the most expensive, so it has to be the most quality right? anyway, a lunchbox rear or even an autolocker rear isn't bad on tires. my passenger rear was always worn the fastest, but not noticeable until about a year. any rear locker should be fairly automatic transmission friendly! you'll feel it more with stick shift

is the powertrax technically a limited slip? I can't stress enough how badly an LSD sucks in the rocks. it might as well be an open diff

 

No the powertrax no-slip is a lunchbox locker, it just uses some sort of clutch to engage/disengage the teeth. It is just supposed to be a smooth engaging lunchbox.

 

word? does it replace the carrier? why not just go full case locker at that price

eh either way. eff using clutches

 

No. If I had the money for a Detroit and the installed I would just save a little more and get an OX selectable. I will probably just wind up with a lokka.

 

where does it end, right?

 

I'd say death but who really knows.

 

It doesn't end EVER just like race cars you always want to go faster and it all depends on how much money you want to spend. This Jeep thing is no different none!

I had the ARB's that my son wanted so I gave them to him he could not afford them at the time. He went with what I told him the Detroit Lockers IMHO the best in class and will hold up plus parts are available when it's time to repair. They are a good company to work with and I had used their products on and off for many years in everything I didn't have a full spool in.

I bought the ARB's cheap and he wanted them and he now has them installed, I have no doubt that I will be well pleased with the Detroit's after having them before.

It boils down to what do you Need and what you just Want

 

Id go detroit if ya have the coin and lokka if ya dont.

Ive ran an aussie (lokka) in my rear for a cpl years now. Once you get used to it you dont even know its there. Except that an otherwise stock drive train will get sideways on dry pavement with 35"s. Lol

Only i could see the front locker getting annoying is in parking lots or other tight places if its a dd.

 

Ask yourself why Jeep (and others) have the choice to put a factory posi in only one end it's always in the rear.

As far as drive-ablity. I have an Aussie and Power Trax No Slip. While both lock when they should the Aussie bangs and clicks and pops and can be felt through the steering wheel even when in 2WD. The No Slip is completely silent.

 

Of course there going to put the posi in the rear, but we are not talking about posi. Anyway so do you think the no slip is worth the extra cash?

 

A posi and a locker serve the same function.

Anyway, for myself I feel buyers remorse on getting the Aussie. If I had to do it again I'd wait until I saved more money and bought another No Slip. At first I said, I don't care if it makes noise, and keep in mind I've removed the headliner and that doesn't bother me, but after a few weeks the banging and popping from the front when just trying to make a U-turn on the street is unsettling. They say it gets quieter after a while but I've had mine about a year and I'm still waiting. I'm almost to the point of putting the open diff back in.

 

They serve the same purpose but the locker is better at its job with the downside of being more harsh. Thanks for the info. Im ok with noise but I don't want my Jeep to sound like its about to break. Lots of mixed reviews. I'm still leaning towards a no slip in the front until I can afford F/R selectables.

 

but a posi pales in comparison to a true locker

 

Lokka lockers front and rear on my DD don't even notice

 

Its a proven fact that auto lockers make noise so if yours don't they are not working. Are you using thicker oil or diff covers or something to mute the noise?


Someone could get used to this noise, but I don't think I would ever get so used to it I didn't hear it though.