Alright thanks, hopefully I didn't mess anything up

 

Thanks that helps.

 

You didnt mess anything up its fine. You CAN run lockers on hard surfaces, but using them will cause more wear and tear on your vehicle. On asphalt/concrete/rocks, your tires will slip or break traction before your break anything. That of course is stock, the main reason axle parts fail is shock load. An example of shock load that occurs while wheeling, your climbing an ledge and have to "bump" it to get your front tires over and you air out the front and it slams down while you're on the throttle. That free spinning to traction right away is shock-loading. That is why steady and gradual throttle input is the most suggestive way to go wheeling. Without hearing the noise personally I can't tell you what it was.

To the guy who made it sound like god would strike him dead for using lockers on a hard surface, if that's the case, my lockers should explode every time I climb up a rock (that is a really hard surface). Have you ever had a locker fail on you? Probably not because this is your first jeep and that makes you an expert. Your tires will lose traction and/or your front u-joints will cause a binding situation till your tires lose grip, and then you keep going. Sorry to jump down your throat dude, but making a blanket statement like you did makes you sound like a jackass, common sense goes a long ways. Using your lockers on your lawn will just tear up your lawn/grass. When these style lockers are engaged its like having full spools front and rear. Google spools because I'm sure you have no damn clue what that is either.

 

I’ve also read people saying that the rubilockers are very week. If that were the case mine would be shot by now. They have taken a hell of a beating and always lock and unlock just dandy!!

 

As with any selectable locker, you want to engage it before you are at at obstacle, either not moving at all or moving very slowly.

When you complete the obstacle, you want to mostly straighten out the vehicle so that your drivetrain isn't bound up before you turn off the locker.

Most locker breakage issues happen because the driver waits to engage them until the drivetrain is already bound up, they use the accelerator before the locker is fully engaged, and/or they turn off the locker while the drivetrain is still bound up and they use the accelerator.

The Rubi locker, if used correctly is fairly strong, but not as strong as an ARB.

However, if you are running 40s with 5.13s and trying to yank a Dodge 3/4 ton diesel truck out of a bad snow stuck with a recovery strap, you can break a Rubi locker--or most any other locker.


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