Any advice

buy a detroit nothing to fuck up and there always on

 

Up front?

 

Don't the detroits make it tough to steer, and drive 65mph?

 

ummmm..... manual locking hubs?

 

ARB if u wana DD it

 

Weld it

 

I agree.......:swampjeep

 

I don't think I follow, what was that the resistance on the the locker or the wires or the wiring harness? I wouldn't want tons of resistance on your relay wiring harness because you would not be seeing the voltage needed for latch in the locker. My guess should only be seeing less that a volt at most drop across the relay harness to the locker. Have you tried hooking the locker directly to a 12v source and see if it locks up? That at the very least would rule out poor relay circuitry.

Being I know you and your background in electrical circuits, do you have a break down of the locker itself? You might have something wrong with the interals of the locker.

 

i had one in my old jeep with a ford 44 it worked great till the wires riped out of the pig wich was my own falt my brother in law owns this now. do you have a adress so he can send the locker back to get fixed if so please pm tha dog. thanks

 

you will not feel a detroit up front unless applying power to it

they dont lock until throttle is applied so if you are in 2wd you wont feel a thing and if you are just normal street driving in 4 wheel drive you wont feel much

 

oh yeah, I have manual hubs.. So you're saying if I'm offroading and have to turn, I can simply toss the jeep into two wheel drive, and turn?

 

Don't you have a twin stick 300? Put in front only and mat it to 40% full power. Turns real sharp then I bet.

 

Are these things total junk??

yup

time for an arb or a detroit if you dont want selectable.

 

Pulled the diff cover, put 12 volts right to the wires, and it "half ass" engages.. As soon as any torque is put on the locker, the pins open right up.

 

second vote for welding it :teehee::teehee:

 

Those guys need to make a 32-spline D60 Detroit. :miff:

 

Just get some ARB's and have both quality and versatility you cheap bastard!

 

hey chubby, the e-locker costs the same as an arb. Prior to me buying it, I didn't wheel with anybody that had one. But on the other hand, the people I wheel with always are having seals leaking, pumps failing, and thier arb's suck.

 

fyi, the people over and eaton do not approve of this post. :sonicjay:

I'm surprised who reads this site.

 

Details opcorn:

 

I think you should return the eaton and buy a mac

 

updates?

 

weld it

 

i really like how easy my arb lockers are... works everytime without any problem always seems to get me through have had them for year and a half with very little maint. seems to grab just as hard as any other locker i have felt

 

seems to grab just as hard as any other locker i have felt

Well I would hope so! They are a 100% locker :teehee:

 

weld it

 

Is the current necessary to engage the unit the same as the current necessary to keep it engaged when it has torque applied?

Have you designed your electrical circuits for a 0.5V round trip voltage drop? Many large inductors will not work under 12V. Also, have you properly suppressed any transient spikes when the inductor is disengaged (diode or resistor across the terminals)?

 

It doesn't matter, they are pieces of shit, and he replaced it with something that will actually work.