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Ctrow
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I'm getting a locker for my 44 rear, i'm looking at the Lockright and Aussie. The Aussie is cheaper, anybody got any advice?
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Aussie. Ran it, beat it, sold it. The guy's still beating it and it's never had a problem.
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I think i'm gona go with the Aussie, unless anyones got some horror stories.
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I believe Clay sheared pins on an Aussie.
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yeah, i had an early production (1st batch sold) aussie in my toy (8") up front. up at dig bogs i broke a short side inner axle, and the shock loading sheared the pins. Bill @ aussie locker was pretty astonished... but took care of everything, sent me a new set of pins free of charge (overnite!). I sent the sheared pins back to him, and he said he was going to have his manufacturer change the material/alloy/heat treat just a bit. as far as i know, there are only two people that have broken the pins on a toyota application, and they were both part of the first batch sold in the US...

I sold the locker (3 years ago, i think), and it's been flogged upon ever since with no trouble!

if there was one thing i learned, tho: there are those that have ARB's and those that will eventually have ARB's. especially if its a front locker, i would never go back to anything else. and a lunchbox locker is always just a lunch box locker, they're tough, but not indestructable.

I've got a lock-wrong in the rear of my junk and it's held up just fine for 5 years or so.
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