:bottomk i have a 93 wrangler and i have a posi lok for engaging the axle and the vacume hose came out the front diff. this summer got some water into her and some cold nights it gets a little ice built up and i cant engage it so would it hurt to leave it engaged incase we get some heavy snow like will it hurt anything to leave it engaged i thought not cause i wanna put a 1 peice TJ axle in it and it would be the same thing! right???
I second what navychief said. I'd drain & service the diff asap. Water does not do well inside the diff. No, it won't hurt running it locked all the time. I did the TJ axle shaft swap & haven't noticed any big difference. Less stuff to break.
ok guys thanks and i did last night pulled her in the garage and changed all the fluid it was NASTY!! ha but i was going to just take and run a bolt throgh the acuator for perminant engagement because the 4X4 posi lok it terrible what a waist of $250 the handle to screw it in and out has plastic threds and they are stripped out!! what BS is that! but thanks again!
Hey Chief
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Hopefully you can recall the name of that thread with the pics to lock the axle
I was looking for it a while back and couldn't find it.
it makes it feel like a tj. yeah a little different feeling. makes the front end feel "tighter" as far as milage goes, i don't know cause have never checked it. i got me a real working gas gauge. lol................i like it.
I never drove a TJ, so I can't compare. I do understand about the tighter feel, as I expect there is some increased resistance. I would guess that mileage would be affected too, but wondered about how much.
you'd have to look way back in the threads. someone did mileage comparisons. if i remember right the decrease was minimal. dig deep it's there somewhere.
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