Diff lockers and Cheetos

Uhh...what??

ARB is the strongest locker you can get and if installed right it's bullet proof.

I got mine used for 450. Run it off co2 and it keep my lines dry.

Pretty affordable if you look and find them.

Yea the install is much more involved and not everyone can diy it. But so worth it. Fuck lunchbox lockers and having to totally change how you drive on the street and throttle out to get stuff to lock offroad. Push of a button at anytime for me and I'm locked.

Elockers are actually...very finicky diffs and I've seen more of those blow up then any over Toyota diff. Including front diffs. Plus they don't lock immediately. Usually takes 10-20' for them to engage fully.

 

My elocker enageged right off the bat evreytime and i beat the snot out of it for 10yrs and it worked flawlessly. I must have had an oddity or somehing.

The failure modes i was referencing was there are too many variables that can cause them not to work.

I agree that a selectable is great for a dual purpose truck and i sometimes miss mine, but people should know their downfalls.

I have spoken heracy at tacoma world, i spoke ill of rhe arb... going to go all in, satoshis are ugly and retros are a waste of money... lol

 

I'll agree with the last statement..

I've know over 15 elockers to have major issues be it diff issues like gears or the actuator.

But I'll take any selectable locker over a mechanical any day either way. So much nicer all around.

 

I ran 200 whatever to 1 gear reduction through it and the diff held up fine and will be living on in a different truck. I think i changed the fluid once during that time and it was daily driven in the rust and salt belt. You witnessed 15 blow up?

I would love a good solid (from a reliability standpoint) reasonably priced selectable as well.

 

I have had selectable lockers, automatic lockers, and a spool in my Jeep.

Selectable is the way to go if you can afford it.

If you want a cheap diff lock, I honestly preferred having a spool to an automatic (lunchbox or detroit) because the behavior is so much more predictable, especially in rain/snow.

 

No matter what, you can still rip an air line and be left locker-less. Weird shit gets kicked up while you're wheeling.

I've never experienced having to "throttle up" off road to get either of my lunchbox lockers to lock. They always were locked when I needed them and only ratcheted on high traction surfaces.

Toyota had a bad run of e-locker diffs in second gens that would blow up on the street. Not the lockers fault that Toyota didn't set up the R&P correctly. Properly set up an e-locker 8" is as strong as any v6 diff.

The engagement mechanism isn't great if it isn't regularly used. They get sticky and corrode, no question. When used regularly, they work really well and you can always kick the slider over with a screwdriver if you are in a pinch. My locker is always on when I'm wheeling. Except for really tight turns on certain surfaces it's invisible and I never have to hear the peanut gallery when I forget to turn it on

 

Chances of riping an air line is same as your chances of riping a brake line. Its not that big of a deal.

Not sure what you mean by having to throttle out to get it to lock. With any reasonable amount of strain the diff is completely locked.