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Perfect Fit, Easy to install UPDATED 12/19/2019
I installed it into a Dana 30 HP for my 99 XJ. Really easy to install, it took a couple of hours. Perfect fit, follow the instructions to the dot and you will be pleased. For my application, it is really quite, I can barely hear it while turning. BE AWARE, it might lock and unlock (in 2WD) the first 10 miles. I drove my Jeep to a parking lot and drove in circles forward and backward for a few minutes to help lubrication and to brake-in the locker. Then I drive around town for 20 min. Finally, I took it to a fire road to see how the locker works, I put it in 4 low works like a dream. It is a day and night difference. Ever since I have driven the jeep on the freeway for over 200 miles (commuting) and that has helped with lubrication. Now the locker is even quieter. I am planning on replacing the diff fluid in a few more hundred miles to remove any potential debrief from the brake-in process.. Instructions don't say anything about it but I figure gear oil is cheaper so why not. I should be going to Moab and other off-road trails in the following months, I will give an update on how it holds.
UPDATE 10/23/2019 - I have run it for about 1000 miles, I have got really quire, even when I am at full lock turning in parking lots. I run Valvoline 80w-90. I have taken it off-road (Moderate trails) and it has performed great. Something that I have noticed is that right after using it on the trails, I would go back into 2WD and it gets way noisy!!!! but after driving for 20 miles it goes back to quite mode!! Loving it! IT WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK once in a while when backing up and turning, but you can feel it in the steering wheel, it makes a loud pop noise, but if you were the one installing it you won't freak out, you would be able to tell "bad breaking noyses" from the locker loading and unloading lol
11/21/2019
Took it to rattlesnake trail (moderate to difficult) in Utah. I performed great. I was able to struggle less than my buddies with larger tires and open differentials. I have put around 3k miles on it. The more I drive it the quieter it gets. Now I can only hear it sometimes when turning full-lock on parking lots. It stopped locking-unlocking on his own while driving in 2WD on parking lots and tight places. I will keep you all posted.
12/19/2019
I have driven it for 4k miles now. I went to Moab last weekend. Wheeling on slick rock was like driving on pavement sometimes. The Locker would bind and lock and unlock pretty hard. So I had to take my turns pretty easy and some times I would cost in neutral. (I have a 5 speed). I still love it, I got me over obstacles way smoother than my buddies with bigger tires. I was able to take the hard lines on trail w/o major issues. The locker has gone quieter after many miles. I can hardly hear it while turning in parking lots.
September 2019 · Automotive · verified purchase