L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

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"L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6sdMi.178424$TK1.148612@fe04.news.easynews.co m...
> Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
> your very own link admits.
>
> Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
> the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
> don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
> solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
> four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
> will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
> I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
> in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
> check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
> once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
> the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
> lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
> going to break long before the locker itself does.



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L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

Take you movie camera with you:
http://pd.global.playstream.com/adva...wertrax/02.mpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6sdMi.178424$TK1.148612@fe04.news.easynews.co m...
> Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
> your very own link admits.
>
> Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
> the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
> don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
> solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
> four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
> will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
> I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
> in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
> check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
> once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
> the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
> lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
> going to break long before the locker itself does.



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L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III

Take you movie camera with you:
http://pd.global.playstream.com/adva...wertrax/02.mpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"L. Ron Waddle" <penguincathedral@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6sdMi.178424$TK1.148612@fe04.news.easynews.co m...
> Dude, he's running 31's. 31's with an 8.25 are fine with a lunchbox, as
> your very own link admits.
>
> Personally I think that the notion of lunch box lockers as too weak for
> the rear is a myth with newer more modern lunch box lockers anyhow. I
> don't know about the PowerTrax, but I have an Aussie Locker. The four
> solid pieces of steel that make up this locker are stronger than the
> four spider gears that they replaced. The cross-pin is a wear item but
> will have no more force on it than it had in its original configuration.
> I wouldn't want it in the back (I can very definitely feel it surging
> in the front when I plop the Jeep into 4x4 mode), but as long as you
> check the cross-pin with every differential fluid change and swap it out
> once you start seeing wear, you'll be fine. I suspect that the myth of
> the lunch box too weak for a rear end dates back to early Detroit Locker
> lunchboxes. For my Aussie Locker, it's clear that the axle shafts are
> going to break long before the locker itself does.



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