time to look into Lockers
I want a "partial locker" one I can turn on and off. This is not my daly
driver but I tend to drive it a lot on the pavement, and in the snow, so I would not lock it before I got a full time locker. I see my options: ARB OX new to me, Detroit electric heard bad things about OX diff covers, and worried about parts and service after there recent Bankruptcy ARB seems to be the best, but the most costly, especially after you put an air tank and compressor (but I need OBA any way) My question: what's your take on the Detroit Electric? Good, Bad, Ugly? Sounds the same as what come in the Rubi? Money doses not grow on trees, but I will have this a while, and only want to do it once. 83 CJ 8, a work in progress http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me |
Re: time to look into Lockers
For the time being, I would eliminate the Ox-Locker due to financial
problems with the manufacturer. First reports on the Detroit Electrac are very good. It has the nice advantage that when it's not locked up, it's the venerable bulletproof Detroit Truetrac limited slip differential. The only drawback at this time for the Electrac is that the solenoid assembly is pretty exposed to trail damage. They are apparently working on a new cover design to eliminate that shortcoming. ARB is of course excellent and has a great reputation but it's more expensive than the Electrac when you sum up all of the extra charges you'd pay to get it running... like the compressor and the extra skilled labor needed to install the ARB properly. Jerry -- Jerry Bransford KC6TAY, PP-ASEL The Zen Hotdog, make me one with everything! See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ "Evan" <ebmvi@aol.comxxx> wrote in message news:20030705174632.23653.00000086@mb-m23.aol.com... > I want a "partial locker" one I can turn on and off. This is not my daly > driver but I tend to drive it a lot on the pavement, and in the snow, so I > would not lock it before I got a full time locker. > > I see my options: > ARB > OX > new to me, Detroit electric > > heard bad things about OX diff covers, and worried about parts and service > after there recent Bankruptcy > > ARB seems to be the best, but the most costly, especially after you put an air > tank and compressor (but I need OBA any way) > > > My question: > what's your take on the Detroit Electric? Good, Bad, Ugly? Sounds the same as > what come in the Rubi? > > > > Money doses not grow on trees, but I will have this a while, and only want to > do it once. > > 83 CJ 8, a work in progress > http://hometown.aol.com/ebmvi/MyTJindex.html > Take out the "XXX" to e-mail me > |
Re: time to look into Lockers
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:vgk3goh3vsf3a7@corp.supernews.com... > Jerry, > I just got the latest issue of the 4WheelParts monthly rag, and they have a > write up on the OX. Knowing that OX is having serious money troubles, I > thought it strange that there was a write up. Aren't these write ups usually > done to generate sales? If the company is going, has gone, under, then what > is the point of writing about the products? Could 4WheelParts have their > collective heads burried where the sun doesn't shine that a write up that > was done months ago still get published even when the products are not even > available? > > Most magazines have their write ups scheduled out 4-5 months in advance and in some cases the printing plates are completed well in advance. They may have not had the time to pull the article, or it is possible that they had advertising based on the fact that the article was going to run. Sometimes they have commitments they have to keep. If none of the above, then they have their heads up their asses. Chris |
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