I was only stating that I couldn't afford 1450 for the locking hubs now, I want the posi's first. I'll be lucky to afford the diffs after wheels and tires anyway. I looked on the Chrysler Jeep web site and couldn't find anything on the hubs. Thanks for the info.

 

Have you considered truetracs both front and rear? A front TT would sure beat a locker on winter roads.

You can find the front d30 for $390, and the rear d44 for $460, at Summit/Jegs.

 

No, all front axles are essentially full floating by design. Its only the rear where you can have semi floating or full floating. And again, full floating or semi floating has nothing to do with lockout hubs.

 

I had TT front and rear in my 85 PU and it was great in deep snow, but the Aussie is cheap and for as much as I'm gonna use it a TT up front is more than I care to spend. I've searched this and other forums on the Aussie (or any lunchbox)up front and the opinions are all over the place. It seems that the people who actually have them in up front say theres no problem on the road unless u put it in 4 wheel drive and drive like normal. With the TT in back I don't plan on using the front unless I'm on the fire trails in deep snow. Then I'll be going slow anyway and thats when I want max traction.

 

You're right for the front axles, they are always full floating type, my point was; locking hubs and differential locking are two different things.

 

For sure, I don't know how we got on floating axles to begin with. But I did learn something new, which ain't never bad.

 

I was just commenting on this post from WARLOCK, as it is incorrect... the full float part...

But yeah, no lockouts on the JK. It is just a large hub/bearing that outer shafts slide into. Basically what nearly all of the manufacturers have went to these days, although I think the Ford super duty's still have lockouts.

If you street drive your jeep at all in the winter and use 4 wheel drive, and want a traction aid up front, I would highly suggest a selectable locker. Locked fronts can be a bit on the sketchy side on the street.

 

Yeah, you'll get opinions on both sides of that debate. Not the best option for a daily driver on snow and ice, but you can get used to it.

One other thought, there were a few posts semi-recently indicating that the electronics in the newer JK models don't play nice with autolockers, which I imagine would include lunchboxes? You might want to do some searching on that before you purchase.

Found a thread that talks about it. Maybe it is only for auto's, and not manuals? I haven't really paid much attention to those posts, but probably worth a few minutes researching.
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/modi...omatic-260152/

 

Yeah this bring me another question:

Can we put a detroit suretrac in front and a truetrac in rear ?

How does it drive on road ?