D44 Locker ???s - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

svt150j49 · 12-06-2007, 11:31 PM

Im looking at a used Detroit Soft Locker for my front axle... anyway, i know that the TTB has a C clip in one axle shaft... not the other...

so the question is, will the soft locker work on the TTB? or does the C-clip screw it all over? either way, ill get it for the SAS, but im just wondering if i can run it in the TTB until I do the swap.

Anyone?

svt150j49 · 12-07-2007, 01:43 PM

im assuming thats a "your SOL man..."

ill have to just wait...

BOGGER1966 · 12-07-2007, 02:00 PM

well.....can you find one for ttb years?, that would be a good indication if they will work with them or not...

svt150j49 · 12-07-2007, 03:49 PM

actually, detroit lists them to fit it. but im confused on how the c-clip works out in it.

so yes, i did find them to "work" with the TTB 44

- smart ass.

94stepsideford · 12-07-2007, 04:19 PM

Just do what every other mother fucker does and eliminate the clip by putting a spring on the center slip yolk...TA DA

BOGGER1966 · 12-07-2007, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by svt150j49

actually, detroit lists them to fit it. but im confused on how the c-clip works out in it.

so yes, i did find them to "work" with the TTB 44

- smart ass.

im sure they aren't going to offer it if they wont work....im sure in the "instructions"...haha, there somthing to tell you what to do...

svt150j49 · 12-07-2007, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BOGGER1966

im sure they aren't going to offer it if they wont work....im sure in the "instructions"...haha, there somthing to tell you what to do...

its used.

svt150j49 · 12-07-2007, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 94stepsideford

Just do what every other mother fucker does and eliminate the clip by putting a spring on the center slip yolk...TA DA

actually i had never heard of that. i think its becaust i never payed attention to TTBs with lockers. thanks. ill be sure to take pictures when it shatters...

f250rollinon37s · 12-07-2007, 10:25 PM

just read over a few hundered pages of crap - so -
any hp44 locker will fit in the case. there are 2 versions of the ttb 44 case. there is an early style, that uses 2 bolts that hold a plate / retainer on the axle shaft. locker / ls will fit these without mods.
the newer style has a c clip in the case, there are no current locker / ls ( arb and ezlocker are not very clear on this ) that can use the c clip in the factory location. so a common mod is to install a spring in the slip tube in the center u joint to keep the shaft engauged. or a spring on the outside - i have a pic -

Bronco II · 12-07-2007, 10:34 PM

I've used the spring in the passengers side axle shaft slip joint trick many times, locker or not, works just fine. It makes changing a broken passengers side axle on the trail much easier. Just be sure that the spring is not to tight & does not limit the axles slip joint travel, the axle slip joint slides in when the suspension is unloaded & could bind up with to long of a spring.

svt150j49 · 12-07-2007, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bronco II

I've used the spring in the passengers side axle shaft slip joint trick many times, locker or not, works just fine. It makes changing a broken passengers side axle on the trail much easier. Just be sure that the spring is not to tight & does not limit the axles slip joint travel, the axle slip joint slides in when the suspension is unloaded & could bind up with to long of a spring.

Thanks. Ive been reading into the sping... a couple guys ran chunks of rubber, said its not as stiff compaired to the sping... we shall see...

12-06-2007, 11:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
svt150j49 Damn you chuckie... Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 85316 Location: Redding Posts: 2,937	D44 Locker ???s Im looking at a used Detroit Soft Locker for my front axle... anyway, i know that the TTB has a C clip in one axle shaft... not the other... so the question is, will the soft locker work on the TTB? or does the C-clip screw it all over? either way, ill get it for the SAS, but im just wondering if i can run it in the TTB until I do the swap. Anyone? __________________ 1996 F150 - Supercharged 5.8L, E4OD, Vortech S-trim, PSD Intercooler, 15 psi , 1356, Dana 60, 10.25, 5.13 gears, welded rear diff, 14" Air/Coilovers. Check it out: Build thread: Here The un-named buggy - 2.3L, lotsa tube, and FJ80s.

12-07-2007, 01:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
svt150j49 Damn you chuckie... Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 85316 Location: Redding Posts: 2,937	im assuming thats a "your SOL man..." ill have to just wait... __________________ 1996 F150 - Supercharged 5.8L, E4OD, Vortech S-trim, PSD Intercooler, 15 psi , 1356, Dana 60, 10.25, 5.13 gears, welded rear diff, 14" Air/Coilovers. Check it out: Build thread: Here The un-named buggy - 2.3L, lotsa tube, and FJ80s.

12-07-2007, 02:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
BOGGER1966 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Member # 92867 Location: Cocoa, FL Posts: 201	well.....can you find one for ttb years?, that would be a good indication if they will work with them or not... __________________ 96' F-150....460/c6/205/200 on rockwells 78' Bronco- 408m, C6, NP205, chromos, 40" boggers.... Last edited by BOGGER1966; 12-07-2007 at 02:00 PM.

12-07-2007, 03:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
svt150j49 Damn you chuckie... Join Date: Jan 2007 Member # 85316 Location: Redding Posts: 2,937	actually, detroit lists them to fit it. but im confused on how the c-clip works out in it. so yes, i did find them to "work" with the TTB 44 - smart ass. __________________ 1996 F150 - Supercharged 5.8L, E4OD, Vortech S-trim, PSD Intercooler, 15 psi , 1356, Dana 60, 10.25, 5.13 gears, welded rear diff, 14" Air/Coilovers. Check it out: Build thread: Here The un-named buggy - 2.3L, lotsa tube, and FJ80s.

12-07-2007, 04:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
94stepsideford Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Member # 36399 Location: Hinesburg, VT Posts: 3,147	Just do what every other mother fucker does and eliminate the clip by putting a spring on the center slip yolk...TA DA __________________ 94 F-150 Stepside. BGTL 12" lift, 1-tons, 39" 'roks 95 F-150 6" of lift, SAS 35" BFG's

12-07-2007, 10:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
f250rollinon37s MASTER TECH Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 54844 Location: Northern cali Posts: 3,435	just read over a few hundered pages of crap - so - any hp44 locker will fit in the case. there are 2 versions of the ttb 44 case. there is an early style, that uses 2 bolts that hold a plate / retainer on the axle shaft. locker / ls will fit these without mods. the newer style has a c clip in the case, there are no current locker / ls ( arb and ezlocker are not very clear on this ) that can use the c clip in the factory location. so a common mod is to install a spring in the slip tube in the center u joint to keep the shaft engauged. or a spring on the outside - i have a pic - Attached Images __________________ BSW Racing, Calrocs Super mods 12 & ? Driver: Aaron Whitehead - Driver: Joe Hutchins Spotter: Adam Kovarik - Spotter: Dustin Knight Crew Cheif: me fuckers build up of the truggy /forum/ford/544813-update-pics.html

12-07-2007, 10:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bronco II Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Member # 26367 Location: Pittsburg, CA Posts: 393	I've used the spring in the passengers side axle shaft slip joint trick many times, locker or not, works just fine. It makes changing a broken passengers side axle on the trail much easier. Just be sure that the spring is not to tight & does not limit the axles slip joint travel, the axle slip joint slides in when the suspension is unloaded & could bind up with to long of a spring.

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