I just purchased a Detroit for the sterling under my Cherokee. I was wondering what I should get for the front and I've heard experiences vary with different axles.
My jeep will travel on the road for short trips but if I keep the hubs unlocked the front locker shouldn't effect it right?


I know there's some rock crawling F250's out there so what is working good locker wise. I would like to avoid the costs of an ARB if possible.
Lockright or detroit would be best.



The axles are out of an 03 PSD.
Also the GVW of the Jeep is less than 5000 lbs loaded so it should be a bit easier on it than the PSD they were made for.

Thank you

I posted this in 7.3 but maybe It's better here.

 

get a detroit, you didn't say what size tires, but i'm gonna assume bigger than 35's if you went with 1 tons. don't even waste your time with the lunchbox lockers and big tires, they don't like each other. and yes if you have the hubs unlocked the front will be "open" as the axleshafts aren't engaged. i had an 85 f150 with a detroit rear and a detroit truetrac in the front, it was fine on the street in winter in 4x4 as long as you didn't get stupid with it.

 

spool that beeeotch.

 

yup 41" tires, Thanks alot going with a detroit is going to save me a bit of $. I don't plan on having the hubs locked ever on the street so it sounds like this is the way to go.

I'll pass on the spool :P

 

hey, i was all for spooling my old front. i was going to run 35 spline outers with one drive flange and one lockout. leave the lockout in free when on the road and it might have worked ok, never got to try it out, maybe on the new truck............... no i doubt it would work or else someone would be talking about it online somewhere.

 

Probably because you still have a weak hub on one side to break. It kind of defeats the purpose of drive flanges...