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Title: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done this
Post by: JDMCRX on May 16, 2005, 06:20:52 AM
Hey guys just wondering if anyone has tried to put a rear locker in the GV v6 before.

Im curious if the loc right from rocky road would work in there. I think im gonna call suzuki and see if the spider gears are the same part number if so ill get a loc rite and slap her in
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: ebewley on May 17, 2005, 02:12:45 AM
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Hey guys just wondering if anyone has tried to put a rear locker in the GV v6 before.

Im curious if the loc right from rocky road would work in there. I think im gonna call suzuki and see if the spider gears are the same part number if so ill get a loc rite and slap her in


Please let us know how this turns out...

thanks, Eric
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: blacknight on May 17, 2005, 02:28:01 AM
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Hey guys just wondering if anyone has tried to put a rear locker in the GV v6 before.

Im curious if the loc right from rocky road would work in there. I think im gonna call suzuki and see if the spider gears are the same part number if so ill get a loc rite and slap her in


Give hawk a call as rember when Tim put an ARB  in he had to swap some parts from a sidekick in.  I know they know which parts and what not.
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: the_maplebar on May 24, 2005, 11:07:40 AM
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Please let us know how this turns out...


Ditto here
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: JDMCRX on May 25, 2005, 03:07:20 AM
Im gonna call today
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: JDMCRX on May 25, 2005, 05:20:26 AM
well they say there different part numbers but the spider gears were the same part number so i wanna get ahold of a V6 rear diff and get some measurments.
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: the_maplebar on May 25, 2005, 07:39:04 AM
So do you have an 2001 or an 2002?  I know on the website RRO says the lockright works through 01.  I have no idea what differences there are between 01 and 02 though.
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: JDMCRX on May 25, 2005, 08:26:32 AM
I checked for 2001 2002 same thing im just wondering if its just the outter spider gear that has a bigger center for the bigger axles. Im gonna look for a V6 rear diff i know guys on here have a v6 rear diff.
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: blacknight on May 26, 2005, 01:18:50 AM
It's the XL-7 rear  that they won't work with and I that that in 03 the GV's started to get the same rear but I could be wrong about that.
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: JDMCRX on May 26, 2005, 04:34:00 AM
Im not sure i wanna find a v6 GV rear diff and check it out
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: the_maplebar on June 22, 2005, 02:08:37 AM
Any new developements here?
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: JDMCRX on June 27, 2005, 01:55:14 AM
not yet im looking for a GV rear end to measure it all up and see if a locer will work. anyone have a spare GV rear diff
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: Gear on June 30, 2005, 01:42:58 PM
i've had arb airlockers in the front and rear of my 03 GV.  In 03 the ring gear changed size so I used the 3rd from a Vit/tracker.  the axle splines are all the same on the GV/vits/trackers on the XL7 they are 27.

So you could grab a Vit\tracker 3rd and put the autolocker into that.  and change your R/P's over to 5.125 front and rear if your a manual, this let you run 33's to get back to stock ratios :)

now the bad news, you'll need to be careful running the rear locker I started to play very hard and snapped 3 axles in 3 trips.  everytime is snapped a had the cars weight on one wheel trying to drive up steep steps.
Title: Re: Rear locker on V6 grand Vitras anyone done thi
Post by: the_maplebar on July 01, 2005, 02:23:29 AM
Are you talking about using the ring gear from the vit/tracker of the 90s (worldwide), or the newer style vit/tracker from 99-02?  So did the gears change between 2002 & 2003, so the 2001 and 2002 might/should work ok?