muddeprived

Yes and No

Abovetimberline

you need to provide more info,like what are your plans for use,the 35 is fine unless you plan on some serious offroading.
I have lockers in my truck and they are great,it goes in 2 wheel drive where it use to need 4wheel with open diffs,my jeep has a lsd and it is fine with me as it will also have a winch,i do not use it for serious offroading just moderate use for hunting and fishing.
What you put in your jeep depends on your needs and what you plan on using it for.

jdf2010

well i dont do serious off-roading but i do like to go, but i would say that its not hard core off-roading yet but that may change.

COSXJFAN

You always hear the horror stories of the Dana "tudry 5", but I think you would be ok with 31" tires, and light to moderate wheeling. I have had them in 2 different Jeeps, and really wheeled them pretty hard without a single issue. One was a V8 ZJ with 31" tires, and the other was an XJ with 33" tires. Niether were locked, but both were beat on pretty good. I also know a guy that had a 35 in his rig, until a recent D44 swap. This guy is not a fan of throttle control. His rig was on Truxus 33s, locked, with a super 35 kit, and he beat the pee-pee out of that axle without any problems. Like I said, I think you'll be fine.

onmyonly

locker was the best thing i've even done to my jeep. up front aussie on my D30..
amazing

suburban_sam

Lockers are great! I'm putting one in the rear of my daily driver now because they make such a difference. You can do stuff like the picture in the link with lockers.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/member...ockers-i-love/

98 JeepJeep

so would lockers front and rear be a bad idea for street use? what about on snow?

muddeprived

No and maybe.

Depends on the driver/tires/setup and which type of locker.

98 JeepJeep

how would it feel on the street locked front and rear going around a corner? would it turn like a buss? shouldnt right? im looking into Aussie.

muddeprived

You shouldn't have it in 4x4 on the street so the front won't be locked.

The rear will be though and it will still turn but you lose like a few feet of turning radius, nothing MAJOR. After two or three weeks you won't even notice it anymore.

huntingman2706217

u wheel in a field? lol

huntingman2706217

spool that joker... wait... i dont think they make them for the 35... D44 swap then spool it... lol

84wagoneer

but the two front axleshafts will be linked? so wont it want to resist turning, and burn up tread?

98 JeepJeep

ya they are thats why i asked.......if we have locking hubs it would be golden...but the ratching lockers are supose to do just that around corners.

muddeprived

The front auto locker doesn't lock until you put it in 4wd. It's power-activated so when you apply power to the front axle shaft then it will lock.


The rear locker is working full time all the time when you are on the accelerator, 4wd or 2wd. It'll be "pushing" the jeep forward through a turn and this increases front tire wear but more frequent tire rotation will keep your tires even. You will eventually learn to "coast" through turns instead of accelerating, since this "opens" the locker and increases turning radius and decrease tire wear.