:surprise: However, the traction is outstanding. When this type of locker disengages, then one axle is totally disconnected from the driven member. Here's a pic: It costs far less than an ARB, but you WILL feel and hear it engage/disengage while driving, and it will affect handling a bit as the rear end suddenly switches between power to both wheels and power to one wheel.
#Dana 35 spartan locker install install
You pull the axle shafts out of the diff, remove the guts of the diff and then install the new locker he's asking about a Spartan locker. Otherwise you can't remove the side gears and replace them with the new drivers.Īnd to answer another question for you will not be messing with any pinion or carrier shims.
#Dana 35 spartan locker install drivers
I may have missed some details but this should give you an idea of what's involved.Ĭlick to expand.So how do you install the axle drivers that replace the side gears in the diff? Every locker that I've ever seen requires that you at least pull the axles out of the diff a couple of inches. Use sealant and reinstall diff cover and fill with gear lube. Otherwise you need to remove the old bearings and press on new ones. 2) Those spring-loaded pins pushing the drive plates apart have to be.11 posts This is just for informations sake, since I had to pull mine out to check it but couldnt. If you had an open carrier the old axles will be fine as long as the bearings are still good. S1) Remove the 12mm retaining pin and the pinion shaft from the carrier. If the new axles did not come with the anti lok tone ring you will have to remove them from the old shafts and press them onto the new ones. If you had a varilok carrier you will have already ordered your new axles and seals. Once you have it correct and press your new bearings onto the carrier. Check your backlash and adjust shim thickness each side to get the correct backlash. Use the ground out bearings and old shims on the new carrier and reinstall into diff housing. Install the ring gear on your new carrier and torque to spec. Measure from flat to flat and from each end of the carrier to the flat on the old carrier and note the dimensions, compare those with the new carrier which will help in adjusting the shim thickness. Grind out the ID of the bearing race just enough to be able to slip onto the carrier and be removed by hand as well. If you have a press, use it to remove the bearings from the carrier, again keeping L&R marked. Unbolt the ring gear from the carrier and set aside. Carefully pry out the existing carrier and save the shims for each side, don't mix them up. Mark the bearing caps for L & R as well as top.
Then remove the diff cover to drain gear oil. To do a new carrier install you will have to remove the axles first. I may just send it back to Randy's and just get a Lockrite or an Aussie.The only selectable locker that will fit into a D44a is the ARB airlocker. The Spartan does come with a nice harden crosspin and is super simple to install. I was curious if the Lockrite or the Aussie lockers work in the stock 2010 carriers? But, they told me that it WILL work in the D30.Īs for now, I have only set up the R/P on the stock carrier, without the locker. This is what we had to deal with while installing an aftermarket auto-locking rear differential into an 89 Jeep Cherokee. Then they said that they assume that it wont work on any of the carriers of the previous years. I asked them why and they could not tell me. they told me "Oh, the Spartan will not work with the stock D44 carrier on the 2010 model." It's designed to ride against the carrier. The issue was that the Spartan Locker does not use the thrust shims. Aussie Locker XD-13027 for Dana 30 7.2-Inch 27 Axle Spline Locker.
Ships from and sold by Torq-Masters Industries. I was enroute back from Korea, so I've been out of the loop for a day or two. This item: Aussie Locker XD-13527 Dana 35 With Hardened Cross Shaft.