[rckcrwlr87]

Just wondering what people have to say about the 4x4 posi lock for 4wd. Is it good bad or what.

 

[Y5mgisi]

I assume that you have a truck with indipendent front end? Those youse a stupid heated gas method of engaging the front end. From experence i know that these can take minutes to heat the gas and engage with snow driving or in extrm cold. The posi lock system replaces that setup with a cable. Meaning you pull the levver to engage 4x4 then pull the cable to lock the front end in. IMHO if you have the money and it sounds like a good idea than it is way worth it. Hope that helps.

 

[Islandzuki]

Yeah its more idiot proof then the vacum engagement system on the YJ's.....kinda expensive though.....But It still cracks me up when people take there jeep whelling and there wondering why the front axle is not engaging

 

[rckcrwlr87]

Thats what I was thinking about doing is using it to replace the vaccum system on my YJ. Not so much to idiot proof it but because I'm tired of the vaccum having a mind of its own.

 

[wetmuskrat]

I haven't had any problem with mine. I have liked it so far. It allows you to run in 2low. I will continue to use it untill I get rid of the d30.

 

[rckcrwlr87]

Did you install yours your self or did you take it into a shop. If you did it your self how hard was it to do. Also how exactly does it work besides manually engauging the front drive shaft.

 

[sothpaw]

Put one in my wife's XJ to replace the bad vacuum motor. Easy, took about 45min start to finish. Advice: Use one of the uni bits to drill the hole in the firewall, it will go much faster and smoother. Also, make sure you route the cable correctly or you can melt it on the exhaust or have it wear on the tie rod, etc. Have had it in for over a year now with no problems

To use it you just put the xfer case in 4HI and pull the cable out to engage the front axle. Not much to it.

Got mine for 75 bucks from a guy who bought it an didn't use it. :flipoff2:

 

[rckcrwlr87]

so it could be used to fix a problem with the low range not turing the front axle.

 

[Islandzuki]

so it could be used to fix a problem with the low range not turing the front axle.

No if your rig will not engage the front axle in only 2low (but it does in 4HI) you have other problems

 

[rckcrwlr87]

alright that is what I was trying find out if I need to do other things before I decided if I want to get Posi Lock

 

[4plugz]

And if there are no other problems, and you still want a cable disconnect system, this is the best write-up I've seen on a DIY approach.

http://home.earthlink.net/~stevenschreiber/cabledis.htm

 

[rckcrwlr87]

Thanks I never thought of something like that, it is a whole lot cheaper doing it that way than it is going out and buying a $200 posi lock system from a shop.

 

[rckcrwlr87]

Thanks I never thought of something like that, it is a whole lot cheaper doing it that way than it is going out and buying a $200 posi lock system from a shop.

 

[Otto Man]

install the posi lok already, sheesh! takes less than an hour to do it

 

[rckcrwlr87]

problem is that I don't have the money right now to have it installed on my jeep when my low range still doesn't work. In the process of working on it though, maybe when I get my T-case fixed then I'll either see about putting the actuall posi lock in it or maybe doing the home made style. Don't know yet.:flipoff2: