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Introduction

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General points

• Jimny has standard "open" differentials on the front and on the rear axle, and no inter-axle differential (due to part-time 4WD transmission).
• For serious all-terrain duty, it can be quite beneficial to able to lock the axle differential(s) in order to extort maximum traction from the connected wheels.

• The general topic of transmission differentials, differential lockers and their application is not the topic of this article.
• Educate yourself about those topics throughout various corners of the Internet, or in professional books.

Solutions for Jimnys

• There are several aftermarket-made differential lockers for Jimnys.
  • Example products are:
    1. Lockright;
    2. Kaiser locker;
    3. ARB locker;
    4. etc.

• It is widely agreed upon that the ARB locker is the most advanced, since it provides uncompromised control options for the driver.
  • This means manual (dis)engagement at will.
  • What is best of all, the ARB differential locker behaves just like a normal open differential when it is not engaged, and locks fully and properly whenever it is engaged.
• On the other hand, the ARB differential locker is the most expensive.

• Lockright is relatively cheap, but it provides no manual control of its operation.
  • Therefore, it can behave work counter-productively (and even dangerously) in certain on-road situations.
• The similar story is with the Kaiser locker too.

• This forum discussion reveals some additional details about this topic.

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Page last edited on 21/02/2018 by user Bosanek