What would it cost to have a shop weld it up? That seems to be the roadblock at this point. I would be happy to load it up in the back of the truck and make a trip to a shop if it would help you out.

I'm out of town again the 16th.

Bob is probably right. I'll see what I can mock up and get done. Then I'll see if I can get it welded wherever I get the gears done.

ok, a few of us are gonna get together and get the welding done on the 8.8 tomorrow. 9am my house. anyone is welcome to stop by, just let me know if you're coming.

I don't think I'll be able to make it. Have fun guys!










































































































































jk :)

I wish I could but Bubba has a friend staying over night. Good luck. I hope it goes well.

Thanks for coming over guys! It was good to hang out again.

I ordered some brake parts and will call shops for gears tomorrow.

So I called absolute. Jason seems really cool. Thanks for the referral Bob, he says hi.

So now I have a decision. The Aussie locker I was planning on needs a case so it is still cheap, but I could get an elocker for $330 more. Which is better drivability. Will I drive the dirty jeep enough to make it worth it? Jason said he's been installing a lot of them with no complaints. Thoughts anyone?

In my opinion, if you're going to do it... do it the best way you can in budget...

If the extra cash isn't going to hurt you to bad, and it makes the jeep more enjoyable to drive on the road then I say it's worth it.

Im a simple man and stay away from e lockers ... but that just me. I think you will good either way.

1 for, 1 against. Who will be the tie-breaker?

yes

I'm gonna need a little more effort than that Chris. :))

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but yah, you will be happier overall with an electric one, being able to turn it off in rain,ice or snow (because we get so much of that in phoenix) is a good thing

fatbob309 wrote:Im a simple man and stay away from e lockers ... but that just me. I think you will good either way.

I've ran e-lockers, air lockers, and mechanical lockers. I preferred the air lockers (frankly) for convenience when crawling, I didn't trust the e-lockers for racing, and I'm back in mechanical lockers now for the type of driving I do (stupid, dump, don't touch anything racing).

Here's my take (take it or leave it).

For primarily recreational driving, e-lockers are good. I would choose this, personally, for your current vehicle if it was mine.

If you plan on hard core rock crawling (think Die Hard), I would go with air lockers. A touch more durability and although there are moving parts (air lines, etc...) that could go wrong, for the most part, it's the simplest to maintain on the trail if you have issues (who wants to diagnose an electrical issue on a waterfall???) and many people have the spare parts and/or air tank / compressor with a group.

For purely budget (or in my case, super simplicity because I'm kinda dumb and I don't want to work on ANYTHING while in a race), you can't go wrong with mechanical lockers, but they suck on the highway (although many of us have run them on the highway, e-lockers make so much more sense.).

Again, take it or leave it, but Jason is a quality guy and AO was my shop before racing. I still support them 100%. e-lockers sound like the way to go.

Is that Jeep tech???

Done yet?

Not quite. Turns out all off road shops are apparently hard to get a hold of and Jason is understaffed. I stopped by the sbop on fri and we worked it out. The axle is in the shiny jeep and will be dropped off after work.

Awesome! After that, it's just a matter of bolting it up right?

Avis wrote:Awesome! After that, it's just a matter of bolting it up right?

The new brake parts need to go on which is no big deal, then I need to bend brake lines once its all together. And wire the switch for the locker. 8)

Sweet! When you get to that point, let me know. I"ll try and swing out and help