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From reading quite a few posts over the years about a rear diff locker (Lockrite I think is the most common) that is permenantly installed as opposed to the ARB style air lockers. It seems that if your car is a daily driver too then they're not the most comfortable to live with.
Why don't they do a Lockrite style one for the front axel? Seeing as it isn't engaged when driving on road it wouldn't cause any issues for normal driving (assuming you had the vacuum system or manual hubs installed) yet when you're offroad and engaged 4wd it would be working as it should?
There must be issues with this theory as otherwise I'm sure it would be more popular but I can't seem to work out what they are.
Its much simpler than that. They do not do a lockrite style locker for the front because the Jimny was never sold in mainland USA!. The rear lockers just happen to fit because the ones from a SJ fit. But the Jimny fronts are different from an SJ so there is no lockrite solution.
ARB from Australia do produce for the Jimny but they do Air Lockers. There is also a Chinese copy and a German air-locker available for the front.
So no technical reason, its commercial - no-one has made one.
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
mlines wrote: Its much simpler than that. They do not do a lockrite style locker for the front because the Jimny was never sold in mainland USA!. The rear lockers just happen to fit because the ones from a SJ fit. But the Jimny fronts are different from an SJ so there is no lockrite solution.
ARB from Australia do produce for the Jimny but they do Air Lockers. There is also a Chinese copy and a German air-locker available for the front.
So no technical reason, its commercial - no-one has made one.
German Air-locker? Never heard of that. Do you have a link?
TomDK wrote:
German Air-locker? Never heard of that. Do you have a link?
typically I cannot find the link now. It was in an orange/black box with, I think, a wolfs head on it. I was offered them to sell in the store a couple of years ago but never came to a deal. It could have been a Chinese copy of an ARB in a smart looking box.
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
horam_jimny wrote: From reading quite a few posts over the years about a rear diff locker (Lockrite I think is the most common) that is permenantly installed as opposed to the ARB style air lockers. It seems that if your car is a daily driver too then they're not the most comfortable to live with.
Why don't they do a Lockrite style one for the front axel? Seeing as it isn't engaged when driving on road it wouldn't cause any issues for normal driving (assuming you had the vacuum system or manual hubs installed) yet when you're offroad and engaged 4wd it would be working as it should?
There must be issues with this theory as otherwise I'm sure it would be more popular but I can't seem to work out what they are.
No issues with your theory- it's a popular way to run a cheap locker on daily-drivers in America and Australia. It's just a shame there isn't the hardware available to do it on a Jimny!
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