Sweet!
And, Mr. Fancy Britches is putting in a real locker! Not like mine

got the 9 1/4 pulled and the 3.21 gear 8 1/4 I picked back up from VL21, then got the backing plates and lines swaped from the 8 1/4 to the 9 1/4

BIG THANKS! to VL21 for a nice used set of drums he had turned. that saved me a chunk of coin

he also had tossed in a new tie rod end to replace the worn out one on my 85 truck..got motivated and changed that today as well.

I will chalk it up to being lazy for not changing the outer tie rod end sooner. 1.5 yrs and was long over due. drives nice and tight once again.


next weekend I will install the locker with some pics as it goes in.

done for the day

the old 85 stock frontend has only had a centerlink and this one outer tierod replaced in 29 yrs. that's dodge tuff in my book.

got the lock right locker installed and now to put the 9 1/4 back under the truck for a while I hope.

I am thinking of doing the flip flop again and use the SSM lift bars for traction on the street.

I dont think they would be a problem getting to my fishing spots or dirt boat launch.

it smokes 1,2 and starts to wheel hop in 3rd. I can be rolling in 3rd and lay down on it and smoke the tire and not get wheel hop.. it is a open diff 3.21 so I am not sure why I get so much hop

maybe its one side hopping? better get a spare shaft ready and some solid u-joints for it.

this should get both tires smoking.

looking good Mike let me know how you like the lock right. Your making me miss my ol stepside.

Ya, let us know how you like the Lock Rite. I have one but am undecided if I want to install it. I hear they can be a little unnerving when cornering. I may just put a regular sure grip in instead.

it was much ez-er install with rear axle in the back of truck on jack stands. it takes some fiddling with it to get it all together and in place. lot tuffer under the truck with gravity working against you installing the c-clips.

first time I heard it, i thought it broke something, it does make some noise but MAN! does it lock them together

SWEET!

I guess it is like a spool but much more forgiving in the turns. but agian it is spooky and does tend to lock if you gas it in the middle of the turn.

we hammerd this 75-9 1/4 rear axle with this same locker behind a 408 with a TKO 5 speed. it has held up fine and does the job well for locking the tires together. how long we shall see behind my whiplash roller 318 and nv 4500 5 speed.

the only reason my buddy sold me the axle/locker for 75 bux was it just eat him up with the noise the thing makes when locking -unlocking.

first time you hear it you think WOW! what broke?? it just has to do its thing and I got used to it. most times I am hammer down with them anyways.

I had one person on RCC show me pics of his that broke but high HP and larger mud tires are tuff on any of them.

I will mainly take advantage of the traction off road in the swamps/trails/woods getting to my fishing spots. nothing bad but a challege sometimes in a 2x truck when wet and 1 wheel peel.

best thing is less than 30 mins to R&R and replace the spiders if you dont like it. then send it to me.

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uncle had a buddy that delivered mail in rural Pa. he had four door '70ish Dart that he crammed a few extra clutches in the Sure Grip, It snapped and popped in a turn, but it sure was fun doing doughnuts.

well got around to moving the gas tank to the rear and getting ready for new pipes turn out under the steps.

used a 69/70 mustang/couger 22 gallon gas tank, so far simple enuff relocation.

I chose to move it all the way to the rear pipe bumper and stick the fill tube out from under the bed end rail as opposed to a trap door in the bed floor.

just need to finish up the fill tube and figer what the 2 wires on the 85 sender are for...I assume the one with tracer is a ground??

2 sender wires on the 85 tank??

cut, weld, bolt it in

going right together

last one today, finish up fill tube tomarrow.. it is spring break and I am off for the week so I plan to get some stuff done up on both trucks.

replaced all 3 rubber brake lines on the stepside and doing the same 3 rubber hoses/brakes/rotors/drums on the 440 truck.

Nice fit. How did you come across that?