lockrites are ok in the front but don't hay to be pretty small to drop into a toyota third?
too bad can't change it now but when it breaks it will end up welded together like ed's
lockrites are ok in the front but don't hay to be pretty small to drop into a toyota third?
too bad can't change it now but when it breaks it will end up welded together like ed's
Originally Posted by afroman006
Creighton, you have done stuff with that jeep that would make a goat go "holy ****!"
WTF?
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I think lockrites have the honor of being one of a very few parts that Busa has flogged on and been able to sell in working condition (to me!). And he's broken a full detroit!
So right now everyone has varying opinions, but the key is people think lockrites = bad news bears. Well I will run smaller tires for now. When I switch everything to Longs in a year I will switch to ARB's as well.
Probably because they slip Erik. Just like, it's hard to break axles running all terrains. Same idea. Chances are it will be fine. I ran one in my IFS front end, it always out lasted the shaft outters.
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when did lockrite's start slipping?
Chris you're not running any kind of longs? Don't put that axle together without some sort of upgraded axles in it. I might be able to hook you up
Not yet, I was just going to look at the axles and re-pack the birf's anyways and since I am only running 34x10.5's for a couple of months figured I would find out just how weak the stock shafts were before I throw myself into debt running Long's immediately.
If you got a connection or know someone who has them for sale I would be very interested, just wasn't going to drop the money just yet since I am building this thing from stock and doing it pretty quickly.
Add me to the list... I broke the one I had in my 8.8", sheared a pin and the teeth wouldn't engage. I ended up welding it in the end.
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I've seen a few of these, and if you look at the pin there is usually a crack that has the plating in it meaning it was defective to begin with. I usually see the cross pin for sale on the same page as drop in lockers, there is probably a reason for that.
ARB's or drop in's, nothing else exists in my book
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The only lockright I've broken still somewhat worked even though it made some interesting popping noises. As Jimmy stated, Lurch is a bit of a mechanical miracle, but still, even with one pin in tact, it still worked enough to wheel the rest of the day on.
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I've had a lockright in the front for 6 or 7 years without a problem. I do know that most cruiser guys that put one in the rear usually brake it pretty quick though.
As for upgrading your stock birfs, if you are going to be running smaller tires, don't worry about it till you break one. Just pay attention and don't get stupid with the wheels cranked and in reverse.
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So it has been a while since I got to update this thread. Yesterday we dropped the engine and tranny in the truck and it fired up after a lot of persuasion. Was a good 9 hours in the driveway but it was good progress that hasn't been made yet. Still don't have the timing perfect so it isn't idling right but I plan on getting that wrapped up in the next two weeks.
On a brighter note getting 170 PSI on the number 1 cylinder was kinda cool
The beast runs and drives!
She still looks bone stock but the ***** is idling and loud as hell!
I drove her home Saturday night, fixed the idle problem with a new TPS Sensor. The 5.29's and LockRites make it fun to drive, especially when you are going 60 and the speedo reads 85... The Exhaust that I bought in pieces from Summit blows donkey balls. One of my exhaust manifold bolt holes is stripped worse than sh!t and there is no bolt making one hell of a leak. The connection pipe from the headers to the Cat is wrong and making the Cat hang down lower than the frame and sitting about two inches to the rear of what it should. This made for some interesting innovation of attaching the old muffler to the cat but with enough beer and bailing wire I have an exhaust system!
The project is officially being put on hold until after I get married in May. I realized I needed to stop working on trucks and start holding the fiances hand until the big day. In May I plan on installing lift and steering and tires and repainting her Dune Beige. Then I am wheeling the *****!
I predict you will sell this within 2 months, 7 days of your funeral...er uh wedding.
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