Been thinking about what I'm going to do about a front locker, heres my theory that dieselboy pointed out a while back. With a detroit any time theres power to the axle its basically a spool, so you can either have a spooled front, or 2wd.

I really would like to have an open diff up front like an ARB or Ox, but I've heard many horror stories on ARB's blowing up, and Ox's are too new to be proven. Most of these ARB stories are on dana 30's and 35's. Do you think the Dana 44 ARB is up to the task of handling 38.5" tires? And are air leaks a real problem?

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the Ox lockers? Does the cable shift mechanism work ok? It seems like something that would bind at the worst possible time