Started to install my locker today, but unfortunately I never got very far before I had to head out for dinner.

When I was trying to pull the axels out, so I could take out the 3rd member, they wouldn't budge.

I took off the 4 bolts on the back of the drum that hold the retaining plate. That should be the only thing besides the C-clip that is holding the axels snug right?

Am I missing anything?  

I wish I could find my Haynes manual.  

c clip what are you working on a chevy?

no the wheel bering is pressed into the axle tube.

all you have to do is put a chain around it and yank on it,
or use a slid hammer if you have one.

oh and if it is a samurai you need to take the brake lines loose from the wheel cylinders.

ya you have to use a slide hammer or some red neck version out it.  their are no C clips.

stu

mount the brake drum on backwards and smack it with a big rubber mallet. Or a 5lb sledge and a block of wood.

oh thats a good one. i never thought of that.

stu

What I did was bolted a chain to two of the studs and made a big loop.  Then I put the head of a sludge hammer through the loop and had at it.  I'll try it again today.  I was just making sure nothing else had to be loosened off in order for it to come out.

c clip what are you working on a chevy?

Yes, actually I am  

My truck is a chevy Tracker.  

Places like Auto Zone rent things like slide hammers for free!

That's what I use and never had a problem.  Though I do have my own.

RENT THINGS FOR FREE  :-/ IT MUST BE THEY LOAN THEM AYE          ......YEA MY WIFE ALL WAYS TELLS ME I'M A SMART A$$    MATTY D.

 CHEVY(?) Tracker? Don't you mean the rebadged SIDEKICK?
HEHE!!!
I made a slide hammer out of an old twisted axle and some square tubing and angle iron. Sometimes the bearings get a cold fusion thing going on and they are a bear to get out, even with a slide hammer.

. Hehe ya I was just being a smart |removethispart|@$$.  

I borrowed a friends slide hammer and finally got the damn things out.

I got the locker installed last night. When I set all the gears back up the backlash was perfect and things went pretty smoothly.

The Lock-rite instructions are very good and make the process very simple and clear.  The only bummer is that when I went to put the drums back on last night the brake pads spread and I couldn’t fit the drum back on.


I had to remove the big spring on the backing plate so I could get the retaining plate to pass through.  When I put the springs back on I think something unloaded in the process and the brakes don't work the way they are suppose to.

I'm just about to head out to the shop so I can get them working again, then I'm going to slap on the tires and see if the locker functions properly

SOUNDS GREAT ! SHOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR TRAIL RIDING    MATTY D.  

Got the brakes working this morning.

I guess there’s an adjuster lever that opened up when I took the spring off.  I just pushed the lever closed and the brake pads went back to their normal position.


The locker works great.  Took a bit to get use to at first, but I think I got it figured.  

Turning corners is a whole new ball game now.  If you don't have the right amount of throttle applied the rear end starts bucking.

The ratcheting sidegears are kind of noisy, but I don't mind them.  Haha I thought my truck got a lot of looks when I just had the lift in.  Now when the ratchets are clicking away, EVERYONE turns their head’s.  

ya thats what happens when i go around a corner with the welded rear.  you here one rear tire cherping.  never a hop though?

stu