Home made POSI LOCK write up - Page 12

**youngjeepr** · 10-07-2009, 01:33 PM

i didnt grease mine at all i just put it in and left it that was a month or so ago and it still works great

speepdaedeesi · 10-12-2009, 07:39 PM

did mine today. took me a while lol but im pretty tired. delirious tired. stayed up all night last night trying to finish a long arm tj lift on a friends rubi

**bigsquat** · 10-12-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Not-Bob

Plus you gain the ability to use low range without 4 wheel drive to be able to manuever around a little easier.

only if you dont have an auto locker in the carrier. if so you can only go down to 3 wheel drive, when your on ice and let off the gas you wheel do a 360. ask me how i know!

speepdaedeesi · 10-26-2009, 01:29 PM

just an update, posi lock is still working great, does wonders with the lincoln locker in the front. love it!

NorthwestYJ · 10-26-2009, 04:48 PM

So technically if i run posi lock with my Aussie locker upfront. It will dis engage my front?

**Mean Max** · 10-26-2009, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthwestYJ

So technically if i run posi lock with my Aussie locker upfront. It will dis engage my front?

Having a posi-lock will just allow you to manually engage & disengage the axle engagement collar that is now operated via vacuum routed through a switch on the T-case.

Disengaging the locking collar while in 4WD with an Aussie locker would give you 3WD.

Max

speepdaedeesi · 10-26-2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mean Max

Having a posi-lock will just allow you to manually engage & disengage the axle engagement collar that is now operated via vacuum routed through a switch on the T-case.

Disengaging the locking collar while in 4WD with an Aussie locker would give you 3WD.

Max

yep. and 3 wd doesnt drive straight, but it allows you to turn with a lincoln locked front

**ZeroGravity** · 10-26-2009, 05:41 PM

My Posi-lock has worked alright. However I had some trouble in some mud at the bottom of a loose packed hill because it slipped out of 4WD. I had my buddy pull me out, realized my 4WD had turned off and re-engaged it. Got up the hill just fine afterward.

Even if I get into a situation where my posi-lock won't work and I really need 4WD, I can just crawl underneath and shift the shift fork and collar into the engaged position.

YJBlues · 10-29-2009, 10:27 AM

Don't trust loctite in a situation where it is constantly bathed in hot oil. What I did is put some high temp rtv in the cable ends before I tightened them, then crimped the threads onto the bolt. This way I can take it apart if I need to, but the chances of an accidental slippage are slim if I got the end on there tight enough in the first place.

Bromin · 10-30-2009, 10:58 PM

I'm trying to trouble shot my 4wd problem now. If the vacuum isn't working when I engage 4wd the two rear tires plus the driver front will get power. Is this correct?

JayTea · 11-19-2009, 07:46 PM

After fooling with my home-made kit many times with no success I broke down and bought the real kit. The real kit has a much beefier cable and doesn't involve a spring (which is where my problems were) so hopefully this will be the last time i have to fix this, but it seems many people have still done the home version and had success so i say just try it and see if you like it - and if not you can also just try the real one. I will post back with my experiences between the two after install.

speepdaedeesi · 11-19-2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JayTea

After fooling with my home-made kit many times with no success I broke down and bought the real kit. The real kit has a much beefier cable and doesn't involve a spring (which is where my problems were) so hopefully this will be the last time i have to fix this, but it seems many people have still done the home version and had success so i say just try it and see if you like it - and if not you can also just try the real one. I will post back with my experiences between the two after install.

just wondering... when you drilled the shift fork to run the cable through, did you drill one hole or two? reason i ask is because i drilled two and have had zero issues, and im not using a cable stay.

and i use it alot.

**timatoe** · 11-19-2009, 10:33 PM

I only did one hole in the fork when I did mine and had no issues at all with it.

JayTea · 11-22-2009, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by speepdaedeesi

just wondering... when you drilled the shift fork to run the cable through, did you drill one hole or two? reason i ask is because i drilled two and have had zero issues, and im not using a cable stay.

and i use it alot.

Just one w/ a cable stop. it worked sometimes, but way to inconsistantly for me-that's the reason for the switch

Machine15825 · 11-22-2009, 03:34 AM

Save yourself the inconsistency of a home made setup buy a posi lok... I did and couldn't be happier... The home made jobby was pissin me off too frequently of course it would have been better if I made it but I didn't.