Home made POSI LOCK write up - Page 18

Tooch · 03-04-2010, 05:48 PM

Hey whats up. I did the home made posi lock today. Ran the cable threw made sure that it lined up the fitting over the two axles and what not...but 4wd will not work. When 2wd i on the front d/s spins by hand and when 4wd is on it wont spin by hand. The collar thing is over the gap though so i dont get whats wrong here. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

**bigsquat** · 03-04-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by KillerBBBs

I have a question, My 4 vacuum lines melted on the exhaust manifold (was that way when I got it)so does doing this mod remove the need for all 4 of the lines coming from the transfer case

you wont need the vac lines if you do the mod. make sure you block off the line from the engine so you have no leaks

**bigsquat** · 03-04-2010, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tooch

Hey whats up. I did the home made posi lock today. Ran the cable threw made sure that it lined up the fitting over the two axles and what not...but 4wd will not work. When 2wd i on the front d/s spins by hand and when 4wd is on it wont spin by hand. The collar thing is over the gap though so i dont get whats wrong here. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

so how is 4wd not working? how did you test it? the ds wont spin by hand when its in 4wd and the collar slid over both axle splines. from what you stated it should be working.

Tooch · 03-05-2010, 08:09 AM

thats what i thought...i reversed on some snow and my back tires just kept spinnin out...i am going to take it apart today to look. Is there anyway the teeth on the collar could be chewed up??

**bigsquat** · 03-05-2010, 11:40 AM

its possible but i havnt heard of that myself. ru sure the collar is going all the way over? ru sure that the passenger front wasnt spinning and just the driver front wasnt? you dont have a front locker i asumme?

Tooch · 03-05-2010, 11:59 PM

i just have stock 4.10 gears. I ran the cable to the fork and tested to make sure it pulled all the way over and then made sure the fork was over the collar. I am going to try again and see what i can do

hookedupinc · 03-06-2010, 12:59 AM

nice...

Tooch · 03-06-2010, 06:27 PM

got it to work! thanks for the write up. works awesome!

helogunner · 03-21-2010, 05:44 PM

So, I am getting ready to do the mod and manage to shear off the top left 1/4 in cover bolt. Nearly half way corroded in two. So I dremmel out a dimple to assist in extraction and a$$ up the bolt hole real bad when time to drill. So I had planned a future front end upgrade but not that soon. Will three good (new) bolts and high temp gasket maker do the trick? I may even drill out all the slag, fill with wireweld and re tap a new hole. Unless everyone thinks the 3 bolt idea will be jiggy.

Meatwad · 03-21-2010, 10:24 PM

1st post. Yeah I've been cruising the board for a while now just trying to absorb as much knowledge as I can. I tried Aurora's way and looked over bigsquat's post too. Seems I may have a problem with the actuator. It's not letting me pull the fork to slide the collar. Vacuum isn't hooked up to the actuator at all, so I'm going to go Bigsquat style. Just answer me this question.

Bigsquat- When you put the plumbing cap on there, how much did you cut off of the shaft? What I initially did was remove the C clip that kept it in the 2wd position. When I pulled the cabled it would slide a couple of times before the lip of the fork hit grove where the C clip recession is. Hence, improper fluent motion. No luck with it installed either. Or how do you take apart the 4wd actuator or "flying saucer" to remove the diaphragm? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW nice boards.

provinT13 · 03-23-2010, 12:19 AM

How does the cable stay in place when you pull it? Do you just pull it to engauge it then give it a little push to disengauge it?

Meatwad · 03-23-2010, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by provinT13

How does the cable stay in place when you pull it? Do you just pull it to engauge it then give it a little push to disengauge it?

It's a twist lock style choke cable. With a spring to assist the disengagement of the fork.

**bigsquat** · 03-23-2010, 12:33 AM

bigsquat style, ha ha thats a new one. i hope the pics i sent you help.

Meatwad · 03-23-2010, 12:44 AM

I hope so too. I'm gonna go threw your build thread and see what other goodies I can come up with. Right now, I'm stuck on the, "I made a _____ for my YJ!" thread. Awesome ideas. I just wish I had access to a metal shop.

jdgronemeyer1s · 03-25-2010, 06:59 PM

I made my posilock a few months ago, and it works pretty good. A little hard to engage, and sometimes it doesnt dissengage right away, but its a whole lot better than what I had before (no 4x4 at all)