Might be a dumb question but did not find anything in the search or on google. I just half ass searched as I am at work. Last weekend I was out messing around testing the front/rear lockers and it occured to me I didn't try them in reverse. Then I thought to myself I know I'm not supposed to pull people ut in reverse due to everything being weakest that way. Does that apply here aswell? On a side note damn the lockers made a huge difference in the sandy hill climbing!

 

Lockers work fine in reverse. Just as strong either way.
The teeth on the dog clutch are square. It doesn't matter which way the torque is applied.
The thing about reverse being weaker is the ring gear. The teeth are cut for maximum strength in forward.

 

Ok thanks I figured it was ok seen as it'd be a pain to unlock to back up. But my luck I woulda tried it and broke everything...

 

I was heading down a fairly rough and steep hill last weekend and wondered how the jeep would do if I need to back up. say because the bottom of the hill was washed out or something like that. I stopped in the middle of the hill, engaged the rear locker and backed up the hill w/o any problems.

 

another thing I have always wondered is why the manual says not to use locker on pavement but offroading it seems everyone uses there lockers on rocks. I'm sure its very rough on them but they must hold up decently correct?

 

Its more for the reason that if your locked on pavement and you make a sharp turn your wheels will be trying to spin at the same speed, unlocked they dont, this would cause some really bad tire wear and possibly some hopping, it's less for the fact that it's hard on the locker

 

Spose that makes sense. Thanks for the info