front lockers

[20005spd]

i tried searching for this, but i guess there is no threads on it.

im thinking about a locker for the front of my 4runner. id like an arb but its way to much money. what other options are there besides a lockright. please give me any input you have about front lockers in tacos or 4runners with this style ifs. i have wheeled hard and am not afraid to use the skinny pedal when needed, but i never broke a front cv and dont want to start destroying cv's all the time. i figure i might not have to hammer up some things if im locked but i know there will come a time when the skinny pedal is needed. new england wheelin is a lil different then what you guys have out west. but ya any input please

[neliconcept]

aussie i think is the only option up front short of welding it.

but id suggest maybe going manual hubs if you do that for daily driving..

[04 Rocko Taco]

If you get a front locker, I would say manual hubs are a must!

But there are detroits, aussie, lockrights, any style of lunchbox locker...

The ARB, of course, which I am not a personal fan of, and are $$$$.

Heck, just SAS and put an e-locker in the front.

[slosurfer]

I don't think they make a true full Detroit locker for the 7.5". I think it is the detroit truetrac, which is more like a LSD.

[Ian Rogers]

ARB is the only way to go in the front. I have driven fj40 with auto-lockers in the front, you can't turn when you want to, you end up doing 3 pt turns when every one else just turns.

[4runnerchevy]

Go with a selectable locker on your IFS (if they make it). I run a welded front, but I have the advantage of hydro-assist (which would be harder to do on an IFS), and twins. My turn radius is OK and I don't have to make three point turns. I am also not a fan of ARB. I am also still unsure of the electric ones, only time will tell.

[20005spd]

if they sell one, ive thought about an lsd type up front to be a tad easier on the cv's, but i fear it may just act like its open when one tire wants to spin easily and the other is tryin to climb a rock. rocko taco, im tryin to prevent a sas for a lil while since i have no money for that but im thinkn if i get my gas tank relocated, clock the tcase and almost flat belly it, AND lock the front, ill be in a good position. i really really dont want to switch to manual hubs for this. why do you recomend it so much? just to unlock one wheel if you cant turn on the trail?

[4runnerchevy]

I ran an 8" TrueTrac LSD up front for years, It lacked what I was looking for. It takes a special kind of driving to get it to work, you had to apply some breaks to get it to grab.

[20005spd]

whats the difference between aussie and lockright? they look exactly the same? i had a lockright in the rear of my truck for a while and hated it.

[neliconcept]

i forgot about the trutrac

but aussie, trutrac and arb are it for the 7.5, no selectable electrics and or detroits.

i think aussie and lockright are pretty much the same in comparison