Any suggestions? If I can't do it I have friends that will help for a few
beers. Leave it open until I press the button (ARB) or Detroit - which
model.

Thanks


"CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vqo9bf5omaod90@corp.supernews.com...
> Get yourself a locker for the front, it is the best traction device you
will
> find.
>
>
>
>
> "Andy" <trailrider2008@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:f7Vqb.103249$9E1.493742@attbi_s52...
> > So you are saying you live in a paradise? I'm not planning to get
manual
> > hubs any time soon. I'm just toying with the idea of stuffing something
> > into the front to make it a little better off road. Thanks for your
> reply.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:vqnkcm40bbjq7e@corp.supernews.com...
> > > I have a CJ with a front locker, and I have not unlocked my hubs in
> > several
> > > years. Basically, the CJ with the hubs locked is the same as the TJ
all
> > the
> > > time. I have no steering issues at all, but at sea level within 20
miles
> > of
> > > the ocean in Southern California, I have no weather related issues
> anyway
> > > for about 300 days a year. And when I do have weather related issues,
it
> > is
> > > either too damn hot to go outside, or it is raining. Of these two, the
> > rain
> > > is a more severe problem, and it is not problem at all for the locker.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Andy" <trailrider2008@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ZUyqb.131454$Fm2.108362@attbi_s04...
> > > > Hi everyone. I was out West (OTR) delivering auto parts during the
> wild
> > > > fires. Terrible.
> > > >
> > > > Home again for a few days and thinking about my TJ build up again.
> What
> > > was
> > > > standard for the Front differential in 2001. I have a Dana 44 in
the
> > > rear.
> > > > Is it the Dana 30?
> > > >
> > > > Secondly, TJ's front differentials spin all the time. I'm
thinking
> > this
> > > > will not work well with a limited slip or automatic locker (On road
> > > > handling) , so ARB is about the only choice?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Andy
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

 

I vote lunch box, you use your own carriers, so there's no guessing
about what shims to use: http://www.bc4x4.com/pv/yj/detroit/detroit.cfm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Andy wrote:
>
> Any suggestions? If I can't do it I have friends that will help for a few
> beers. Leave it open until I press the button (ARB) or Detroit - which
> model.
>
> Thanks

 

I vote lunch box, you use your own carriers, so there's no guessing
about what shims to use: http://www.bc4x4.com/pv/yj/detroit/detroit.cfm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Andy wrote:
>
> Any suggestions? If I can't do it I have friends that will help for a few
> beers. Leave it open until I press the button (ARB) or Detroit - which
> model.
>
> Thanks

 

I vote lunch box, you use your own carriers, so there's no guessing
about what shims to use: http://www.bc4x4.com/pv/yj/detroit/detroit.cfm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Andy wrote:
>
> Any suggestions? If I can't do it I have friends that will help for a few
> beers. Leave it open until I press the button (ARB) or Detroit - which
> model.
>
> Thanks

 

"Gerald G. McGeorge" <gmcgeorgenospam@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:boh9ve028gh@enews1.newsguy.com...
> Sorry to butt in, if you put a locker in the front, unless you install a
> manual hub kit I'd advise you to do an ARB or Electrac which you can
> disengage. Having driven only one TJ with a fully locked (Lock-Rite) front
> end on the street my experience is limited, but I was not impressed with
the
> on-road characteristics.

You would be unique with that experience then, unless you were in 4wd on the
street. If you drive a TJ with a locker in the front axle, you absolutely
positively will not feel its presence when you're on the street in 2wd. The
old thing about a front locker causing problems if mounted into the front
axle of a TJ is an old wive's tale.

My own TJ's front axle has been open, had a Truetrac limited slip
differential, and for the past several years has been running a full-on
automatic Powertrax locker. There has been no difference in how any of them
felt on the street when comparing them to one another. I only recently
installed manual hubs and even with them unlocked for street use, there is
still no difference in how it drives with the front locker... it drives like
it did with an open axle.

An automatic locker only locks up firmly when torque is applied to it, as
when you're in 4wd. It is locked when you're in 2wd BUT without torque
being applied to it, it unlocks so easily that you can't even tell it's
happening.

Once again... you absolutely positively cannot tell a front locker is
installed in a TJ's front axle when you're in 2wd. Everyone I wheel with
has a front-locker and most of us, me included, drive them on a daily basis.

Now I wish I could say the same thing about my rear-mounted Detroit Locker.
;)

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

 

"Gerald G. McGeorge" <gmcgeorgenospam@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:boh9ve028gh@enews1.newsguy.com...
> Sorry to butt in, if you put a locker in the front, unless you install a
> manual hub kit I'd advise you to do an ARB or Electrac which you can
> disengage. Having driven only one TJ with a fully locked (Lock-Rite) front
> end on the street my experience is limited, but I was not impressed with
the
> on-road characteristics.

You would be unique with that experience then, unless you were in 4wd on the
street. If you drive a TJ with a locker in the front axle, you absolutely
positively will not feel its presence when you're on the street in 2wd. The
old thing about a front locker causing problems if mounted into the front
axle of a TJ is an old wive's tale.

My own TJ's front axle has been open, had a Truetrac limited slip
differential, and for the past several years has been running a full-on
automatic Powertrax locker. There has been no difference in how any of them
felt on the street when comparing them to one another. I only recently
installed manual hubs and even with them unlocked for street use, there is
still no difference in how it drives with the front locker... it drives like
it did with an open axle.

An automatic locker only locks up firmly when torque is applied to it, as
when you're in 4wd. It is locked when you're in 2wd BUT without torque
being applied to it, it unlocks so easily that you can't even tell it's
happening.

Once again... you absolutely positively cannot tell a front locker is
installed in a TJ's front axle when you're in 2wd. Everyone I wheel with
has a front-locker and most of us, me included, drive them on a daily basis.

Now I wish I could say the same thing about my rear-mounted Detroit Locker.
;)

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

 

"Gerald G. McGeorge" <gmcgeorgenospam@frontier.net> wrote in message
news:boh9ve028gh@enews1.newsguy.com...
> Sorry to butt in, if you put a locker in the front, unless you install a
> manual hub kit I'd advise you to do an ARB or Electrac which you can
> disengage. Having driven only one TJ with a fully locked (Lock-Rite) front
> end on the street my experience is limited, but I was not impressed with
the
> on-road characteristics.

You would be unique with that experience then, unless you were in 4wd on the
street. If you drive a TJ with a locker in the front axle, you absolutely
positively will not feel its presence when you're on the street in 2wd. The
old thing about a front locker causing problems if mounted into the front
axle of a TJ is an old wive's tale.

My own TJ's front axle has been open, had a Truetrac limited slip
differential, and for the past several years has been running a full-on
automatic Powertrax locker. There has been no difference in how any of them
felt on the street when comparing them to one another. I only recently
installed manual hubs and even with them unlocked for street use, there is
still no difference in how it drives with the front locker... it drives like
it did with an open axle.

An automatic locker only locks up firmly when torque is applied to it, as
when you're in 4wd. It is locked when you're in 2wd BUT without torque
being applied to it, it unlocks so easily that you can't even tell it's
happening.

Once again... you absolutely positively cannot tell a front locker is
installed in a TJ's front axle when you're in 2wd. Everyone I wheel with
has a front-locker and most of us, me included, drive them on a daily basis.

Now I wish I could say the same thing about my rear-mounted Detroit Locker.
;)

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
KC6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

 

> You would be unique with that experience then, unless you were in 4wd on
the street. <

Nope, in 2wd.The reason I drove it was becuase the owner was concerned with
it. It ratcheted in a jerky fashion in tight turns and there was noticeable
understeer compered to an open diff. Frankly I wouldn't have liked dealing
with it full time. He installed a Warn hub kit and is now a happy camper.

 

> You would be unique with that experience then, unless you were in 4wd on
the street. <

Nope, in 2wd.The reason I drove it was becuase the owner was concerned with
it. It ratcheted in a jerky fashion in tight turns and there was noticeable
understeer compered to an open diff. Frankly I wouldn't have liked dealing
with it full time. He installed a Warn hub kit and is now a happy camper.

 

> You would be unique with that experience then, unless you were in 4wd on
the street. <

Nope, in 2wd.The reason I drove it was becuase the owner was concerned with
it. It ratcheted in a jerky fashion in tight turns and there was noticeable
understeer compered to an open diff. Frankly I wouldn't have liked dealing
with it full time. He installed a Warn hub kit and is now a happy camper.