I am wondering about the difficulty and special tools needed to in stall your own lockers. I've gotten qoutes in the $250-500 range per axle, add to that the cost of the locker itself. I have a stock 94 YJ. I really do no serious wheeling, just tooling around the backwoods south of big bear area, elevation 4-6000 ft. I also have to contend with snow off and on. tia
jimo
I did not have a solid understanding of how my diff worked, I pulled mine apart, removed the spider gears, installed the lock-right, and was driving it that evening. Now that I have done it once I could do another one in around 2 hours start to finish, my first one took most of a saturday. I would say that if you feel comfortable working on your own stuff, install your own lunchbox type locker. If you are going to install a carrier type (arb or detroit) locker pay to have it done.
When I did my lockright, I messed up initially and left out a part. Tearing into it a second time to fix my mistake was even easier. lunchbox lockers are really easy once you have done it once. KH
How did you know a part was left out Kevin? Did the locker not work right or did you just suddenly spot the part on the work bench after everything was buttoned back up? :eek:
Jerry
Kev> When I did my lockright, I messed up initially and left out a part. Tearing
I agree with these guys, Marvin. Having seen a lockright installed in a couple hours (at a campsite, no less), I'd definately say it's a diy project.
n.
The instructions were less than informative, I had two extra parts (metal ring thingies) and when I installed the locker I wasnt sure if they went in or not. It drove ok without them but after some asking around I figured out they needed to go back in so I installed them. KH
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