I am looking at putting a Lock Rite in the rear of my 1988 samurai. Stock axles. My question is this: To those who have done this install how would you rate it as far as difficutly. I have limited to no experiance with axles.

Thanks guys.

It's not bad, but you will need to get a dial indicator to set the
back lash, other than that, any questions or problems just ask

Wild

Yeah that about sums it up. Some people mark and count how many turns on there spanner rings to reset backlash. I prefer to do it right and use the indicator. Can be done with basic hand tools

I think the hardest part is getting the 3rds actually out (pulling everything off the truck, axles, brakes, etc).

The second hardest to me was getting the bolts loosened from the ring gears.  They have thread locker on them.  I ended up buying some much needed air tools and was well worth it.

I did the front and back on my sami and am very satisfied.  I did not buy a dial, i counted/marked everything.  Overall I would say its medium difficulty including the leg work to get the darn things sitting on your work bench.

My advice if your going the count method:
Punch/mark as described online BEFORE you remove caps/rings... but also mark where the rings finally come out.  This will make it much easier to re assymble them back exactly how they were. 

There is one write up where you "carefully" remove the caps/rings together and dont actually unscrew the rings. I 'highly' recommend counting and unscrewing the rings.   

Yeah that about sums it up. Some people mark and count how many turns on there spanner rings to reset backlash. I prefer to do it right and use the indicator. Can be done with basic hand tools

It is a good idea to check backlash before disassembly and after reassembly, but as long as the third has never been taken apart, the mark and count method works fine.  I have installed a few lockers and spools using the mark and count method and it has always worked fine.

The second hardest to me was getting the bolts loosened from the ring gears.  They have thread locker on them.  I ended up buying some much needed air tools and was well worth it.

My advice if your going the count method:
Punch/mark as described online BEFORE you remove caps/rings... but also mark where the rings finally come out.  This will make it much easier to re assymble them back exactly how they were. 

There is one write up where you "carefully" remove the caps/rings together and dont actually unscrew the rings. I 'highly' recommend counting and unscrewing the rings.   

Yes, an air impact makes removing the ring gear bolts much much easier.
No need to mark where the rings finally come out though.  They will only reinstall in one specific place.
I agree that I don't recommend trying to remove and reinstall the caps and rings as a set.
Another thing is to make sure you put the caps, rings and bearing races back on the same side that they originally came from.  Mark them all, or only work with one side at a time (while cleaning, reassmbling, etc.) to make sure you don't mix them up.

I am looking at putting a Lock Rite in the rear of my 1988 samurai. Stock axles. My question is this: To those who have done this install how would you rate it as far as difficutly. I have limited to no experiance with axles.

Thanks guys.

Actually setting up the locker correctly is probably the most difficult part.  But if you follow the direction in the installation guide that comes with the locker, it isn't too hard to do.
The disassembly and reassembly of the axle and third isn't hard to do, if you are going to be reusing the stock gears and not putting in new ones.  Just get a copy of the samurai FSM (factory service manual)...you can download it for free online.  It explains how to take everything apart and put it back together.  It won't cover how to disassemble and reassemble the third using the mark and count method though.  Just look on here, on zuwharrie.com, or on zukikrawlers.com for the procedure on how to do that.