« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Front or Rear First??  (Read 1615 times)

0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline Mozman68

  • Poseur ExtraordinaireŽ
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2660
Front or Rear First??
« on: October 24, 2007, 03:39:30 PM »
Okay...doesn't apply to me as my new axles have ARB's in both, but from everyone else:

Locker in front or rear first and why??
Logged
2009 Audi S5....what....its 4wd...sort of....

YjMike

  • Guest
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2007, 03:49:12 PM »
I would go with front, but I have CAD, cable activated, vacuum sucks.
Logged

j33p3r

  • Guest
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 03:54:26 PM »
Front first if you have D35 in the rear.  Upgrade the rear with a Super Kit and Locker or go with a D40.  There is an actual test that was done with the Super kit and it did awesome.  It was driven at Moab for several years with no probs.
Logged

Offline neale_rs

  • Member
  • Posts: 3583
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2007, 03:58:33 PM »
Swap in a D44 and put locker in rear.  With D35, front would be more reliable.
Logged
'95 YJ, 33 x 12.5 mud tires, RE 4.5 ED lift, Atlas 4 speed, rear D44, ARBs front and rear, 4.56 gears, 8000# winch

Offline Jeffy

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 14934
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2007, 04:04:01 PM »
He's got a D60.  Go rear first.  I thought you had the axles already done.
Logged
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZNlr60GXH5OlKIFrT7P6mg
My Jeep: http://4bangerjp.com/forums/index.php?topic=2783.0
"If the motor car were invented today, there is absolutely no way that any government in the world would let normal members of the public drive one."

Offline chardrc

  • Member
  • Posts: 3535
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 07:22:36 PM »
i voted rear first because thats what i got. and we seem to do that on all our vehicles even though i still have a 35.
Logged
1990 YJ 4cly, ax5, 2.5 inch BDS lift, 31 MTr\'s,  Powertrax-lockers all around, track-bars removed, boomerang shackles, warn m8000 winch, electric fan. [sold but not forgotten]

2007 jk Rubicon 2dr

Offline Mozman68

  • Poseur ExtraordinaireŽ
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 2660
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2007, 07:32:13 PM »
Quote from: Jeffy on October 24, 2007, 04:04:01 PM
He's got a D60.  Go rear first.  I thought you had the axles already done.

Like I said, I already have ARB's front and rear....was just curious what everyone else thought if they could only choose one...forget about what axles you have....assuming you all have D60's front and rear, which one would you lock first and why?
Logged
2009 Audi S5....what....its 4wd...sort of....

Offline aw12345

  • Member
  • Posts: 3065
    • my jeep picture page
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2007, 07:55:33 PM »
ARB front lsd in the rear d44 will do for now
Logged
2006 Jeep Wrangler TJ SE
2004 Jeep Wrangler TJ SE

Offline Jeffy

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 14934
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2007, 09:25:42 PM »
Quote from: Mozman68 on October 24, 2007, 07:32:13 PM
Like I said, I already have ARB's front and rear....was just curious what everyone else thought if they could only choose one...forget about what axles you have....assuming you all have D60's front and rear, which one would you lock first and why?

Ah one of those imaginary things...  I'd still do the rear and do a ARB.  Best of both worlds so to speak.
Logged
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZNlr60GXH5OlKIFrT7P6mg
My Jeep: http://4bangerjp.com/forums/index.php?topic=2783.0
"If the motor car were invented today, there is absolutely no way that any government in the world would let normal members of the public drive one."

Offline Bounty Hunter

  • Member
  • Posts: 1658
    • http://www.sija.org
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2007, 11:23:27 PM »
^^ simple question seriously overcomplicated.


Lock the rear first due to weight transfer generally favoring the rear when wheelin.

Case in point.  Said jeeper in Moab has ARB's front and rear.  Rear locker fails so he has a front locker only.  Continuously attempts a slickrock climb locked in the front, open in the rear, and can't make it.  This jeeper throws the jeep in reverse and slowly crawls backwards up the slickrock, without spinning a single tire.
Logged

chrisfranklin

  • Guest
Re: Front or Rear First??
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2007, 12:00:32 AM »
I'd say the rear is probably the better way to go. 

But I have an Aussie just in the front and I haven't broken any of the stock drive-train or found myself unable to climb nose-first on some of the harder so. cal. trails (course its a different story if I've gotten high-centered).  So my needs, thus far, are met with the front only set up.

If you have a rear locker, you may find times when you wish you had a front one and Vice versa. Some might say that there is less of a chance of that with a rear-only versus a front-only.  Probably. 

However Tires and articulation may influence the traction equation significantly, also.     

Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »