power Trax VS Lock right

[trav]

It's time to lock up the front. Both products look the same to my un trained eye's except LockRight is about $100 less than Power Trax.
Why the price difference?
Is anyone running either brand locker?
Thanks in advance
Trav

[dsgray16]

ummm, i think power trax makes the lock right


Maybe you mean the difference between the standard lock right and the lock right NO SLIP? The no slip is quieter on the street but other wise opperates the same as a standard lock right.

[SPYDER]

Powertrax makes the lock-rite.

The difference between the 2 and the reason for the price difference is the lock-rite clicks when turning when in 2wd. the Powertrax one uses clutchs i think and is quiet. other than that i know of no differences.

[chrometj]

rockcrawler has a good writeup on the installation and difference between these lockers in the tech section:

"The Powertrax Lock-Right, as I mentioned before, cost approximately $275 for my vehicle, while the Powertrax No-Slip cost approximately $375 for the same application. Either locker fit my budget. All I had to do was figure out what made the Powertrax No-Slip better than the Powertrax Lock Right. In the picture to the left, you can see the packaging, instructions, and dissassembled lockers side-by-side. Both lockers pictured are for Dana 35c axles.
As you can see, they are very similar, and nearly indistinguishable to the untrained eye. What I established from the advertising and talking to Powertrax was that both lockers performed similarly on the trail, however the Powertrax No-Slip is minimally stronger and smoother operating than the Lock Right. Lock Right units typically make a ratcheting sounds (series of clicking) when turning corners on the pavement, and this characteristic was supposedly eliminated in the No-Slip unit.
Spider gear replacement lockers are only as strong as the carrier they are in. The carrier houses the spider gears which allow speed to vary from one wheel to another around bends and so on.

theres ya answer!

i wouldnt do this in the winter, since if you read my other thread about lockers and winter, in the front that is...

what rear axle do you have?

[XfaCtoR]

there do the same thing...ojne suposidly is smoother but im sure youll stell feal it. go with the lock right r equivilent..its cheeper

[mprayii]

xfactor said:

there do the same thing...ojne suposidly is smoother but im sure youll stell feal it. go with the lock right r equivilent..its cheeper

next beer is on me

[BlackWhyJay]

I run a lock right and love it. For $230 you can't beat it. SPYDER forgot to mention he's had one in the front of his Jeep for a while. Bob (JeepTJ00) had one in his for a long time as well. No one that I know with one in their Jeep has ever said a bad word about one.

[axle]

I have one in the rear and one on the bench for the front. (lock-rite) I'm very happy with em'.One was hardly used, the other was not new but never installed, both where $100.
Bob

[XfaCtoR]

so i was a lil imparded last night...the only thing i didnt like about my lockright i had was that it would make you look like an a.. when parking if you didnt clutch it befor you turned....i couldnt tell you how they act with an auto

[SPYDER]

they only time i don't like my lock-rite is when im driving like an a** and whip into a parking spot sharply. with the extra weight of the TW front shaft it creats a small amount of torque during that times on the pinion engaging the locker....makes for a squirly turn sometimes. but you quickly learn not to do that. the only other time is when you NEED 4wd on the trail and also NEED to make a tight tight turn...it makes it nearly impossible...but thats true with any auto locker...which is why I have an ARB sitting next to me right now just waiting to be installed. but if i wasn't doing other upgrades to the front end, i would keep the lock-rite indefinately.

[chrometj]

just makes it hard to steer sharp turns in 4wd? isnt that true with normal 4wd as well??

[97Sahara]

if its going in the front differential i would put in a standard lock right

[jps4jeep]

Detroit Locker! no exceptions!

[XfaCtoR]

chrometj said:

just makes it hard to steer sharp turns in 4wd? isnt that true with normal 4wd as well??

not realy..when your open and in two well, when you turn all 4wheels with be turning at diff speeds, then in 4wheel drive and open and you turn, front and fear drive shafts turn at the same speed but the diff will alow the inside wheel to turn slower. when your locked front and rear and in 4wd ,,everything turns the same speed nomater what

[trav]

Thanks for all the info every one! sry to chime in so late. As for what size axle's i have in front and rear i have no idea. i have a 02 wrangler apex. 4.0 I6 standard trans.
thanks alot
Trav