Joshua White

PO said this XJ had lockright lockers front and rear...yeah well he said a lot of things.

Front diff with no locker or evidence of welds


Rear with now broken welds on the spider gears...




So now the question is...do I just weld the rear again but do a better job? Do I grind away the extra material with a Dremel/stone and leave it open? Do I leave it alone and hope for the best changing the fluid more often? I'll be leaving the front alone.

I need to drive this rig to and from the trail, it however isn't my daily. At my immediate disposal I have a 110V 90amp flux core mig welder, I'm sure I can find someone with a bigger badder welder if that's the route we decide to take.

SatiricalHen

I'd put an auto locker in. They can be had cheap, better on road handling and in my opinion better than welded spider gears and less likely to break.

Joshua White

An auto locker is a completely acceptable option (being that's what drew me to this rig when I bought it advertised with lockrights f/r )

But that also costs money I don't have at the moment. So in esscense the rig will be down until I can afford one (couple months )

SatiricalHen

they can be had fairly cheap, $200ish new less used. Maybe go to the junkyard and pull some spider gears to hold you over till you can afford the locker.

Turbo X_J

How long has the rear been jacked up are the ring & pinion /bearings toast? Not much choice other than to weld it again.

Joshua White

I've had it on the road for maybe a month, PO didn't drive it for like 2 years (but like I said...he said a lot of things that have turned out to be BS). Other than the spider gears things look good honestly.

Turbo X_J

What a "Lincoln Locker" usually looks like (don't spare the rod)


Spiders should be welded not only to each other but to the carrier as well.

SatiricalHen

At least he didn't do this

But in all honesty I would much rather have an auto locker than a welded diff. Much better handling qualities.

Joshua White

I am going to do my best to clean up the spider gears and run it until I can get an auto locker in there.

bryweb

1) Weld it back up - but with a better welder than a 110v in my opinion
2) Throw some used "Spider Gears" in until you can afford a lunchbox locker of some sort.
3) Scrape up money for locker somewhere.

Not sure I would try to spin those spiders after they been welded on.

Joshua White

That's the thing, they've been spinnin for a few weeks now. Also no telling how long they've been clanking around like this

denverd1

I've got spiders I never see myself using

denverd1

Ive got spiders I don't see myself using. axle gears too

bet that sounds clunky!!

Joshua White

If you were local I'd hit you up.

Joshua White

It sure was...lol