Hey zuke heads,
I purchased a 3 inch calmini lift, haven't installed yet, i want to lock the rear and front diffs, does any one have the lockrite lockers installed? i have a 1988 tin top samurai, stock so far, was wondering if the lockrite lockers are a good choice since the sammie sees highway use. these lock when trottle is applied from what ive read. just wondering about driveabillity on highway. thanks for input on what has worked for you'all.

Friends don't let friends install lunchbox lockers.

Go ARB or go home.

Go ARB and get home.

I have a lockrite in my sidekick. Aside from the clicking when going around corners it doesn't make a huge difference when driving on the highway. Sure ARB's would be much better but cost about 3 times as much. You just need to adjust your driving around town to get used to the way it locks up.

Derek

I have a Detroit Locker in the rear of my Sidekick and I have observed these things:

a) Off road, it totally rocks!
b) On roads with gradual corners it is fine
c) When taking a tight corner it is best to either keep your foot about halfway through the gas pedal travel or completely off. If you floor it, you will chirp the tires and if you don't you will get a nasty bucking that makes teenage girls think you don't know how to drive stick
d) Depress the clutch pedal when pulling into parking spots

I have a Lockrite in the rear of mine, I have had no problem with it. It has seen it fair share of abuse on the trails. On the road you will notice a difference but nothing you won't figure out the first couple turns you make.

The only locker I have is the Aussie locker in my rig with toyota axles. It's supposed to work the same as Locrite... only better. It works fantastically on and off road. I don't think they make 'em for Suzuki yet.


ARB is awesome, but as said, it's expensive. If I were going to spend that kind of $$$, I'd get a KAM locker anyway. It's an electronic locker that works just like ARB - AND it comes with strengthened rear axles! It's easier to repair a broken electrical wire than it is to repair an air-hose on trail. We dealt with three leaky ARB lockers last week, they were all a real pain to get fixed.

i have had lunchbox lockers in the past and they perform very well as they are designed to, unfortunatly they are a little bit of a pain on the road. it's not gonna be something your gonna want to let your wife drive(at least my wife).
if your in the position to do so, the selectible locker is the way to go.i have ARB's in my kick and when turned off it's just a normal driving car. when they are on, it is totaly locked. as for maintnance, it just like everything, you have to check it once a while and not just wait till you have problems on the trail. of course, shit happens, so you have to be prepaired with equipment to repair one if need be.
once you have a selectible locker though, you can never go back !

AMEN to ARB's, worth every penny. If you assemble everything with care, route all the air lines carefully, and inspect it once in a while, they utterly reliable. LOVE mine.

If you can afford it, dual ARB is great.  But a set of Lock Rights front and rear will take you anywhere you need to go. 

We've had no issues running rear lockrites on the Sami or Kick.  Very easy to get used to driving on the highway and great offroad.  For the front, a selectable locker is nice to be able to turn off for making tight turns on the trail and good if you get a lot of snow I guess.  If we were to go with a selectable locker for the Sami, it would be the KAM. 

If you DO go lockrite, buy a set of pins as spares. It's rare, but they do sheer (designed to as a "fuse"). You can usually get home on one locked diff, and one open, but... just in case, it's small / light / cheap to have in with your other spares. Sheering those pins will depend a lot on your style of driving. Many people go forever without sheering. Up to you.

X2 on springs & pins.  More so, the springs wear with use, which will eventially lead to pin failure.  If your lucky, you can pick the bits out, throw new in and continue to ride.  At worse, it can cause the locker to break, leaving you stranded.

On the ARB, go with the upgraded ait lines.  Well worth it.  Also, as recommended by Gary at Petroworks, carefully sand down the machine marks/grooves on the carrier where the rubber O-ring seals ride.  Doing this elminates a source of wear, and a point of air leakage.

You won't need to look far to find someone who hate lunchboxes, but you will be hard pressed to find many ARB haters.  That says a lot right there.