Lockers or Carriers

[Darren]

Ok i don't know if this is a dumb question or not. I just bought 4.56 gears for my 30/44 and i need different carriers. does a locker run in place of a carrier? so should i just go that route? also how would lock-rite's do on the street?

[DirtyComanche]

Well, a full carrier locker replaces the carrier (detroit locker/softlocker/no-slip and other similar items). But, 'lunch-box' lockers (lockrights, quik-locs, aussie lockes) don't replace the carrier, just the spyder gears.

 

 

You can ask if a 'thick' gearset is avaliable for your application if you don't want to buy a new carrier or full locker. I'd buy a full locker and be done with it.

 

 

Edit, you already bought the gears, so the thick option dun work.

[Darren]

thank you.

 

So where do i get a "full locker" for cheap?

[CWLONGSHOT]

About any of them will run you 500 +.

 

Also to back up a bit...

 

There are "breaks" where a carrier makes a change in dimensions to coincide with gear ratios. On the D30 this is 3:73 up for one and 3:55 and down for the other. On the D44 its at 3:92 and up and 3:73 and down. This is where the thick set Dirty was referring to would come into play.

Say you had 3:07 gears for your D30, and wanted 4:56. T think set of gears would allow your carrier to work with the 4:56 even though with a std set of gears it would only work with up to a 3:55 gear set. Get it?

 

You can get the stock carriers of EBAY if you don't go the locker route.

 

I WAS going to go with a Aussie locker myself. this is a "LUNCHBOX" locker. It is called this because it fits INSIDE a stock open carrier. it replaces the inner gears in the carrier creating a locker. Trouble is, they are out of stock and won't start getting them in until Feb and there is something like 2000 orders as of middle of last month!!!

 

I decided to go with another ECTED. like I have in my TJ. This is a good price at 550 SHIPPED from 4wdwarehouse online.

 

 

 

I happen to have a D44 carrier for 3:92 and up gears I bought on EBAY that I will not be needing. I'll sell to you for what I paid if you choose to go this route. There are other LUNCHBOX lockers you could go with if you choose this route. These style lockers generally run 250 - 300 bucks whale full case lockers START at 500 and go up from there.

 

Good luck,

CW

[sinnaevd]

what is the difference between a full locker and a lunchbox?

[pingpong]

Lunch box lockers just replace you speider gears, and do not require setting gears up. A full locker replaces the carrier and all and has to be setup like new gears, also they are 2to 3 times as expensive.

[RandysMJ]

Well, a full carrier locker replaces the carrier (detroit locker/softlocker/no-slip and other similar items). But, 'lunch-box' lockers (lockrights, quik-locs, aussie lockes) don't replace the carrier, just the spyder gears.

 

 

No-slip is a lunch box locker, not a full locker.

 

I've always got my lockers from ebay.

[DirtyComanche]

Well, a full carrier locker replaces the carrier (detroit locker/softlocker/no-slip and other similar items). But, 'lunch-box' lockers (lockrights, quik-locs, aussie lockes) don't replace the carrier, just the spyder gears.

 

 

No-slip is a lunch box locker, not a full locker.

 

I've always got my lockers from ebay.

 

 

Really? Oh right. A detroit is a 'no-spin' in trachtech's books. Nobody sells it under that name anyways.