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#1 ·
so I bought this cj and was told that it has a detriot locker and being the newb I am I thought it was true till today when I saw that my rear end is leaking so I pulled the cover and I guess it got water in it and is also welded I have no idea what to do cant afford to have new one put in and one of the welds is broken already
 

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#2 ·
That's called a Lincoln Locker. The good news is that it doesn't appear as if they welded anything to the carrier, just the spiders.
Option A.... put out a listing for some spider gears. People remove them to drop in lunch box lockers. May find a set laying around for the cost of shipping (hopefully).
Option B... drop in a lunch box locker. Lock-Right or such that replaces the spider gears.
Option C... full locker, such as a Detroit.

I have front spider gears laying in the garage I would give you, but unfortunately, that doesn't do you any good.
 
#3 ·
Well how hard is it to put in say a Detroit locker what tool would I need and is it super hard to do my dad has rebuilt motors granny's and built a ten second dag car so he's pretty good do you think we could do it at home if like a full locker
 
#7 ·
Newbjeep said:
Ok so can any one yell me the difficulty of replacing the spider gears and installing a locker
The lunchbox type locker is a lot easier, a lot cheaper, but not as strong as a full locker. I installed one in my front axle. It just replaces the spider gears, no gear setup is required afterwards.
A full locker has a new carrier and will require the knowledge and tools to set up gears.
But like I said, it is a much stronger locker. Your driving style, tire size, and wheeling habits will factor in to your choice.

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#12 ·
I say fix the leaking water and run it the way it is. When you put 35s on it and add a lead foot that D44 isn't going to last. Add the detroit to your replacement axle.
 
#13 ·
Ok ill just use the welded till I can afford a locker an so will it hurt anything to reeled the broken weld and it is safe to drive on the road right and also a friend told me that if you have a locker in the front it won't steer well even when the hubs are disconnected is that true?
 
#16 ·
It's a good idea to re weld if you know what you are doing with a welder. If you plan to drive this thing daily on the road and have never driven a welded diff vehicle before prepare yourself for altering your driving style.

Be prepared to replace your tires WAY sooner than you wanted to as well.
 
#17 ·
Yeah I am a good welder but instead of re-welding it I am gonna take this opportunity to convince my wife it's un fixable and go and get a limited slip put it I found a friend of a friend that can do it for 700 including parts and labor an I know he's good he has his own shop and builds rear ends for street and strip cars. Oh and I decided on a limited slip in rear because I will be on the road at least half of the time and don't wanna burn thru tires super fast
 
#18 ·
You can get a powertrax locker which is limited slip, for around $400 and maybe even cheaper. This friend of a friend is charging you too much. You can do it yourself, pretty easy and it will replace the damaged spiders in your dana 44.
As far as welded spiders go, if its a crappy weld and pcs of the weld fall off while driving it will grenade everything in the housing. So make sure everything is tight. Driving around on welded spiders is an advanture going around corners especially. Be very careful on wet roads.
 
#20 ·
Good luck and sorry to hear the PO lied about the Detroit locker. Did you ever find what ratio you have? often it is stamped on the ring gear itself so that is an option as well.

700 for limited slip is too much as stated before me. You can do an elocker for almost that price. I have also heard good things about the Detroit True Trac.
 
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