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Lockers (Not the ones I used to get shoved into)

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moosin:
Dont forget about the tire upgrade looks to me that you may have made it further if you had more aggressive tire! You have made it to the point of upgrading and now its the begining of the end for you. Its a problem every jeep owner goes through and you will get a million different opinions on which upgrade is better. But really all you have to do is figure out your budget and buy what you can. As an example I've been wheeling for years with 4.5" lift 33" tires and limited slip in the rear and have wheeled almost all of BTC and all of Florida Road all on the stock axles (except last year)with little problems. Side note I would go with Aussie if you pick a lunchbox, I narrowed it down to ARB,Ox,and the Eaton E-locker for selectable and I would opt for the install in the rear axle. And another little note I just happen to have an extra 8.8 laying around if you decide to go that route. Good luck

B52BUFF:
8.8? 

Am I to assume that you reasoning for putting lockers on the back is so that you can use them in 2 wheel drive also?  I had considered the front because the weight of the engine would help with traction.

I still want to go back to MaBell and give what I have a shot. 

Cheek-Bone:
Its a Ford 8.8. They are a very good axle and much stronger than the stock Dana 35. I had a write up once that shows all of the different axles and their breaking strengths and the 8.8 is stronger than a Dana 44 and almost as strong as a Dana 60. They are a dime a dozen sice Ford put them in trucks and explorers and the aftermarket is really good for them. A couple disadvantages to them are, they have C-clips style axle shafts like your stock 35 so if you break (which is highly unlikely) then your tire will be useless, also the axle width on some especially the Explorers and the Rangers are a little narrower then you stock Jeep axles. But Superior took care of that and made the "Super 88" kit. It gets rid of the c-clips and puts the axle back to stock width.

On a side note I know you said that you want to stay at stock height. I can tell you this much and I'm pretty sure most will agree. It wont take long especially once you really start wheeling and hanging around other lifted Jeeps that you will want to lift yours too. So best of luck to you and if you have any questions feel free to shoot me a line. I might not have a Jeep anymore but I didnt get rid of the knowledge that I picked up through the years.

Brian (Cheeks)

B52BUFF:
Believe me when I say that not lifting it is bugging me but I would like to see what I can do before I do lift it.  Frankly, if the money suddenly appears I will most likely forget this silly idea of seeing what I can do and lift her to a respectable level.  Thank you for the insight on the 8.8.  

gearhead1985B:

--- Quote from: B52BUFF on May 25, 2010, 11:10:25 PM ---I want to see how far I can go without lifting it.  Of course everything I think I might want to try makes me consider other things.  I started thinking about lockers because of what happened in Va.  I feel that if I had both wheels turning I would have gotten out of that with little effort.  The fact that the weak wheel slips bothers me.  It doesn't really mean 4x4.  I should be 4x4 if all the wheels are turning no matter what.  That is how I came to this point.  Armour is still priority.

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this is a semi hijack as far as you can go with out lifting  does a hiline count 37's and no lift does that count as going as far as you can go with out lifting it
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now for a real hijack frozen nutty bars are awesome
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