a question about lockers

[dieselsmoke]

I want to put a locker in the front of my 88 truck. first of all let me say it is not a question about price, I'm more interested in quality and performance. I'm still kind of new to this and the question is what is the best of these Detroit e-z locker, lock right or the Aussie locker. this will be for the ifs set up, I have 3 solid axles now but I'm not ready to do that swap right now.
I put a 3" body lift on it so the 33's would fit and went to the mountains with some friends and the truck did good till I got hung on a hill. The right rear was stuffed and the left didn't have any weight on it so it just spun, the right front was about 10" off the ground so the left front was just sitting there.
This will not happen again I'm going to use one of my e-lockers in the rear and I wanted some input on the best thing that I could put in the front.
I don't want to put too much into the 7.5 because it will be replaced. And where is the best place to get the lockers. Thanks in advance

[kneedownnate]

From everything I've heard, it's not even a contest - Aussie 

[dieselsmoke]

yeah I have heard they were the s--t, I did a search and went to the aussi locker web site and found out they don't have one for the 7.5. the only one I saw was for the 8"
and I have never heard anything good about the lock right, so I guess I will go with the detroit, unless aussi does make one for the 7.5 ? can anyone confirm ?

[FLRunner]

I had a lock rite in my last 4runner and i had 36 iroks on it and still had IFS  . I never had a problem with the locker  But i could break the short side axle shaft like they were warm butter if i was not very carefull . IF i was going to stay with IFS and money was not a object i would run a ARB  run everything in 3 wd and only engage as needed  .

[dieselsmoke]

I plan on doing a sas in the future if I don't total the truck first so I didn't want to spend a whole lot on the ifs. I looked up my axle code and it has the 4.10 ratio with a 2 pinion carrier. Does anyone know if they made a 4 pinion carrier for the 7.5 ? the info I got said the 7.5 ifs guts were the same as the 2wd 7.5 rear so I might try to find a 4 pinion carrier in the bone yard. but I will have to check and see if the lockers are available for the 4 pinion carrier or not.
There was an e-locker on e-bay that ended today that I was going to get but the auction ended early and it's not for sale so that sucks.
I have 2 now but I was saving them for my 86 build. so 1 of those is going in the rear

[bigarms23]

a taco elocker might be up your alley

[dieselsmoke]

Am I missing something ? I have 2 / 8" e-lockers now, I wanted to get a third today but thats not going to happen now. so I'm going to use 1 of the 2 in the rear just like it is, I also have yukon 4.88's and master kits with solid pinion spacers, but like I said I was saving them for my 86.
Did toyota make a 7.5 e-locker ?
I also just found out that the v6 7.5 is different than the 4 cyl. 7.5 so I don't know if I can get a 4 pinion carrier or not ? that would be a f294 axle code ?
What about a 7.5 spool ? I might have to unlock 1 hub from time to time, but again do they make them ?
I don't think I mentioned that befroe it is a v6 truck, I wish it was a 4 cyl. less engine problems and a better t case.

[blackdiamond]

Have you even tried wheeling with just the rear locker installed?  Personally, I wouldn't run anything more than a limited-slip (Trutrac) in an IFS front or expect to replace parts on the trail.  A locker or spool puts way more stress on things compared to a limited-slip and I'm positive I would have broken my stock solid axle when I go the Aussie locker if I hadn't installed the Longfield front axles.  It's better to get hung up from time to time than to spend your day replacing parts.

[dieselsmoke]

actually when I took the truck to martinsville that was my first time wheeling and the truck did do good. everything is stock now, all I did was the body lift so the tires would fit. I have to do the mods on the rear axle housing to put the e-locker in and then go again and see how it does.
It does seem like the more research I do the more I think sas. I have an 84 that I could use for my dd for the moment till the rear is done. My 86 will be another year or two but it's getting a v8/nv4500 f/r e-lockers longs and all kinds of cool stuff. I would like to run that in the baja race

[NorCalToy]

if goin for the BAJA why not just keep it IFS?

[dieselsmoke]

different truck, I have 3 84, 86, 88 had 4 but I sold the 91 I like the 2 gen's better

[FLRunner]

The v6 and 4 cyl front 7.5 ifs is the same there is no difference  You can use a limited slip from a supra  .they are 7.5  . in your first post you say money is not the object ? if thats the case i would run a ARB  . If you dont want to dump money into the ifs go with the cheapest locker you can and i beleive that is the lock rite . If i am correct you have to change the carrier when you go to a Detroit  . The Detroit is much beefier than a Lock rite   But you WILL break the short stub shaft before you ever have a problem with either . I would not waist my time with a limited slip with ifs becuse you will be 3wheeling most of the time anyways .

[kneedownnate]

You can use a limited slip from a supra  .they are 7.5 

Just so long as you use one from an 86 or older it's 7.5, 86.5 or newer is 8". 

Take another look at the aussie site, they very plainly show a 7.5" locker.  They also have the sizes listed incorrectly for the different toys, but you just need to know your years.

[dieselsmoke]

thanks for all the info, I'm going to get the e-locker in the rear for now and see how it does. And just to clarify I don't have a problem spending money, I just don't see the point in putting that much in something thats going to get replaced later. Thats another reason why I didn't do a suspension lift now, because later on it's all going to get cut off.
I was just checking on engine parts for my 86 and it looks like it's going to run me about 6,500.00 to turn the key, 347 5.0 pro flo efi