i have a 93 Cherokee 4.0 5 speed but it is a 2wd has the 8.25 mopar rear any idea's on a locker without welding the spiders lol

 

Spartan, Lock Right, Nitro, or Detroit.

 

Yeah, you've got a ton of options: Spartan, Lockright, or Aussie lunchbox locker - full case Detroit locker - aggressive limited slips such as the Detroit TruTrac - selectable lockers, either an ARB, Yukon Zip, Eaton E-Locker, Ox mechanical. Take your pick. If you want to drive this everyday on the street, I would suggest a TruTrac or selectable. I've had both an Aussie and Spartan in the rear of my 5sp and it was not the smoothest thing in the world. Effective offroad, but a PITA (at times) to deal with on the street.

 

Lunch box lockers and manual transmissions seem to be quirky and usually end up with the owner complaining when driven much on the street............

A limited slip would be a better choice, unless you can go selectable

 

How bout the true trac and a manual trans? Anyone with experience?

 

True trac is a Torsen style limited slip and wouldn't be noticeable when the power transfer is happening except for the fact that it would have both tires pulling instead of one. Remember it's not a true locker though.

 

No one said it was a locker anyway....even detroit lists it as a limited slip

 

I have no problems with a rear locker in my manual transmission vehicles. I drive them daily.

 

Some don't / some do....most seem to complain about more ratcheting noises and/or abruptness of engagement

 

Yep I am one on the ones who dont like them with manual trans. I vote for the trutrac.

 

The thread is titled rear locker, we are talking about rear lockers and how they act with manual transmissions. When the question came up about the true trac I wanted to insure that it was known it wasn't a locker since the thread is about Lockers and it was mentioned.

 

Sorry I was the one who brought up the true trac which is limited slip and not a true locker but, can you fool the true trac when one wheel is in the air by pullin the E brake

 

I mean can you get the tire that is not in the air to lock up when you pull the E brake with a true trac?

 

With my truetrac it would always spin the tire in the air. I just switched to a selectable Locker. Also, the guy I sold it to resold it shortly after since he also didn't like the way it acted.

 

Yes you can, applying the brakes puts resistance on the spinning wheel which creates enough torque so it can be transferred to the wheel with traction.