Author Topic: aussie locker (Read 36344 times)

Hmmm Well, I've never even seen an Aussie locker, but my friend would like me to pedal it for him, so he dropped it off at my house last night in a 5gal bucket. I did not pull it out of the bucket, but the diff housing is definitely a V6 third with the ABS port. He told me the specs on it, so he must be wrong. I bet its just a Lock-Right

Yoat Goat · « **Reply #192 on:** May 22, 2008, 02:38:54 PM »

Man, getting an Aussie Locker and then it turns out to be a Lock Wrong... That would suck.

BigMike · « **Reply #193 on:** May 22, 2008, 10:50:51 PM »

Quote from: Yoat Goat on May 22, 2008, 02:38:54 PM

Lock Wrong

hahahaha OUCH! lol

Yoat Goat · « **Reply #194 on:** May 22, 2008, 11:06:32 PM »

Nothing wrong with them but I'd personally get an Aussie. I've heard too many breaking, and only a slim few Aussies breaking. Mostly cause of a V8 and a heavy foot.

BigMike · « **Reply #195 on:** May 23, 2008, 08:00:15 AM »

I ran a used Lock-Right with new springs installed for 2 yrs in my front, never had a problem, and then sold my entire third member it to blane525, gave him a smokin deal. He's had it in for a little over a year, and it clicks, pops, clicks some more... He said he needs to get rid of it

Perhaps the springs need to be replaced every 2 yrs

46&2 · « **Reply #196 on:** May 23, 2008, 12:00:08 PM »

Quote from: BigMike on May 22, 2008, 01:37:19 PM

Hmmm Well, I've never even seen an Aussie locker, but my friend would like me to pedal it for him, so he dropped it off at my house last night in a 5gal bucket. I did not pull it out of the bucket, but the diff housing is definitely a V6 third with the ABS port. He told me the specs on it, so he must be wrong. I bet its just a Lock-Right

Yeah its gotta be a Lockrite. I spoke with the Aussie Locker rep on another forum the other day and he told me that they are waiting on their manufacturer in Australia to get shipping in order so they can distribute here in the USA. He said they have been having some technical difficulties. So I have pretty much given up on getting the V6 model, they have been telling me "Almost on the market" for a year now. I am just going to get one for my front dif and swap third members. I dont want to run a Lockrite.

I think lockrite even sells rebuild kits for their locker, i think springs and pins or something, which the Aussie design eliminates. Rather go with the Aussie

All_Set · « **Reply #197 on:** May 27, 2008, 08:00:28 AM »

Quote from: fortysixandtwo on May 23, 2008, 12:00:08 PM

I think lockrite even sells rebuild kits for their locker, i think springs and pins or something, which the Aussie design eliminates. Rather go with the Aussie

??

There are spings and pins in an Aussie.

46&2 · « **Reply #198 on:** May 27, 2008, 12:03:43 PM »

Quote from: All_Set on May 27, 2008, 08:00:28 AM

??

There are spings and pins in an Aussie.

Bare with me its been like a year since I had the conversation, maybe someone can clear this up. When I spoke with the guy who invented the Aussie he told me the reason it was such a better improvement over the Lockrite (which he also worked on) was because it eliminated some aspect of the spring/pin design that was weak on the lockrite. he told me you have to rebuild lockrites every few years but never have to rebuild an aussie. I think its on a pirate thread about aussie lockers.

SolidAxle · « **Reply #199 on:** May 27, 2008, 08:15:17 PM »

The aussie locker has pins and springs. What they don't have is a shear pin and i think a few other little things. The lock right is famous for blowing these shear pins based on my web wheeling experience. I have an aussie and it consists of the 4 chucks of metal that make up the locker, 2 rouns spacers for the middle, 4 pins and 4 springs, thats it. The way the pins are placed in the lock right are also different and aperently it puts more stress on the housing.

aussie pin design

Lckright pin design

Both are toyota lockers

info straight from aussie about differences etc.

Quote

We appreciate the comments made by our customers in response to your postings.

We sell more lockers based on the performance of our product and customer loyalty than we do with advertising in magazines. Thank you for sharing the comments with us.

We generally end up comparing our product against the LR product, but much of what we point out in that comparison holds true for the EZ locker. The EZ Locker was fundamentally a copy of the LR which resulted in protracted patent and business practices litigation starting in 1996 when it was introduced. Changes were made to get around the patent issue but some of the fundamental design issues, we feel, still remain.

The cam design used by EZ and LR are the same, and the manufacturing processes are similar. We use a parametric manufacturing process that is unique in the industry. The differences in manufacturing philosophy results in "tolerance build up" in the competitors products that can cause lockers to be harsher in operation than the Aussie and in some instances can cause premature failure. If you take Aussie Locker 456 and compare it with locker 3,291 you will find that they are almost identical. It is this process that causes us to refer to the Aussie Locker as an "Automatic Precision" locker rather than an Automatic Positive Locking locker the others use to define their product.

The design of the EZ and the LR are such that they induce as much as 60% additional backlash in the diff. The Aussie Locker is less than half that amount and this results in smoother operation and less stress on components.

We don't believe that the window concept used by EZ and LR to enable you to insert the springs and in the case of the EZ the little top hat they use, represent good engineering practices. We have seen a lot of stress and breakage in this area on competitive lockers and the Aussie Locker design is substantially different in this critical area and is covered under pending patents.

We use a unique and proprietary heat process. This process results in a long lasting locker and one that is strong and dependable for the life of the locker.

Our Aussie Locker uses a special alloy only available from a mill in Germany. The EZ and the LR use 9310 or one of the more common steel products that are more general use in nature.

The list goes on and one. But since the issue was raised about the differences between the EZ and the Aussie lets look at the warranty. A warranty duration is usually developed by engineering and management then factors in business decisions on what tolerance they have for replacing defective product over some span of time they are comfortable with under a financial risk model. The EZ locker has a One Year warranty and the Aussie Locker has a Two Year warranty. It is clear by this warranty that the management of the Aussie Locker has double the confidence in their product than that of the EZ locker company management. And our warranty does not have any language that limits liability if you use large tires or have high horsepower.

There will be happy users of the competitors products or they would not be selling them. However, we are confident that we have the better locker and we back it by our warranty and our customer service. Try asking the EZ locker engineers a question on Saturday afternoon when you are in the middle of an install. Our phones are answered 24/7 and technicians are on cell phones for prompt callbacks.

We hope we merit your order.

46&2 · « **Reply #200 on:** May 27, 2008, 10:22:10 PM »

Okay, shear pin, thats what it was. Thanks for that info. Im on dial up right now so trying to track down that info was not an option. $Beer Chug\'n$

All_Set · « **Reply #201 on:** May 28, 2008, 08:47:17 AM »

What's the difference between a shear pin and a pin? Both lockers come with pins. They looked pretty much the same to me.

skid · « **Reply #202 on:** May 28, 2008, 10:03:23 AM »

Quote from: All_Set on May 28, 2008, 08:47:17 AM

What's the difference between a shear pin and a pin? Both lockers come with pins. They looked pretty much the same to me.

One's designed to break and the other one isn't.

Wermz84 · « **Reply #203 on:** May 29, 2008, 09:06:20 AM »

Quote from: skid on May 28, 2008, 10:03:23 AM

One's design to break and the other one isn't.

RN37DD · « **Reply #204 on:** May 29, 2008, 10:57:57 AM »

I'm putting an Aussie together now, everything checks out so far. clearance is tight. .145. spec's are .145 t0 .174. guess the install grease might might be taking up .002 or so. any thoughts on this?