Trying get a better understanding of how a lock-right locker will behave on the street. A good friend of mine with a 2000 XJ just took his Lock-Right locker out and replaced it with an Eaton E-locker. Now obviously if money was not an issue i would do the same thing but he is willing to sell me his Lock-right for 100 bucks.
Now the reason he took it out is for the same reason i write this thread, he absolutely hated it on the street and said his Jeep was virtually un-driveable. He said, it seemed that it never unlocked and was impossible to turn on the street.
I have read that if these are not installed within a specific tolerance that unlocking is an issue, i have also seen where Richmond gear is very explicit about driving/handling characteristic and driver input (basically changing your driving style). I had asked him about whether or not he measured the gap and he said no, so i have no way of knowing if it was due to the gap being out of tolerance or not.
This is a daily driver for now that we are hoping shortly we will become just a weekend vehicle. Plus my 5'2" wife drives it as well.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
Thanks
Now the reason he took it out is for the same reason i write this thread, he absolutely hated it on the street and said his Jeep was virtually un-driveable. He said, it seemed that it never unlocked and was impossible to turn on the street.
I have read that if these are not installed within a specific tolerance that unlocking is an issue, i have also seen where Richmond gear is very explicit about driving/handling characteristic and driver input (basically changing your driving style). I had asked him about whether or not he measured the gap and he said no, so i have no way of knowing if it was due to the gap being out of tolerance or not.
This is a daily driver for now that we are hoping shortly we will become just a weekend vehicle. Plus my 5'2" wife drives it as well.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
Thanks