aussie/lockright

[keelue]

i have a 77 k5 d44/12 bolt running 35" tires. i drive it to the desert and that's about all the road time it sees, the rest is all offroad (30 minutes from my house and there's all the wheeling you can stand!). while saving and collecting for 1 tons and true lockers i'd like to make this truck a bit more capable. well, more than a bit. so i'm thinking an aussie up front and lockright rear. will the axles hold up to 35"'s? i've read mixed things, anyone have any first hand experience with this?

a couple nice pics from last weekend...got good practice with the 50pt turn and reverse 4wd

 

[Stomis]

For the money you cant beat them. I suggest you pull your stock shafts and modify them for full circle clip U joints. It increases strength by something like 20%.

People will argue that you'll blowshafts left and right front locked but I think thats BS. Having had a dana 44 locked on 36s I found it easier to be able to crawl through things in true 4wd the have to use momentum.

Plus the locker replaces the weakest part of the dana 44, the spiders.

 

[keelue]

For the money you cant beat them. I suggest you pull your stock shafts and modify them for full circle clip U joints. It increases strength by something like 20%.

People will argue that you'll blowshafts left and right front locked but I think thats BS. Having had a dana 44 locked on 36s I found it easier to be able to crawl through things in true 4wd the have to use momentum.

Plus the locker replaces the weakest part of the dana 44, the spiders.

yeah that's what i was thinking, i prefer to choose my line and crawl but sometimes there's nothing i can do but hit it hard and fast and keep the thing moving. thanks for the tip on the u joints

 

[Vee]

with a lockright in the rear it's going to drive horribly on the street, but you said you don't do much street driving so you might be fine with it. the powertrax no slip is a better behaved locker for street use, it has syncros that minimize the ratcheting that happens with auto lockers, so it's smoother locking/unlocking, and it's made by the same company as the lockright