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I guess you are correct, maybe ford, Chevy, jeep, Toyota and a couple other manufacturers should stop selling vehicles with locking diffs. I've driven a couple hundred miles on solid ice, my buddies truck, 2013 f 250 had the locker engaged the whole time. Tried it with it off and the truck...

Truck looks amazing!! Are those 1600's?

We can agree to disagree I guess. Anyone that has driven a vehicle with a locker knows that if driven correctly it drives the same as a vehicle with an open diff. I'm not trying to argue, its just that there is no way to measure how much more or less wear a locked differential will cause to...

Your experience is simply different from mine. I deal only with modifying 4 wheel drive vehicles, so I'd like to think I have more knowledge in that area than an average mechanic. We replace a bunch of u joints, axles, hubs, bent housings etc... you name it we have broke it. Long story...

The differential is one solid piece, no gears or clutches to allow the axles to turn at a different rate. Axles are locked together permanently.

That pic is stock driveshafts

Sure. Adding a locker will not cause and axle to fail, plain and simple. If the axle shafts can't handle some tire scrub caused by being locked then it must be super weak How that axle is used, weight, and tire size are more of a deciding factor if your axle breaks. Like I said I see just as...

Mine was use primarily off road. It got the doors beat off it if for 5 years. This is 8" of lift and 42's

This is the ideal setup for eliminating wrap and not allowing a lot of bind. I've built several styles of traction bars and the single bars only start to work if there mounted to the bottom of the housing. If mounted above axle center it's doing nothing to stop wrap, it's just not allowing the...

Torque the u bolts and then see. Mine has some, but nothing too major. I'm on 1600's too.

I had 8" of lift on mine, stock shafts worked, but did expose a little more slip.

Just to throw a stick into some spokes I've owned 5 vehicles with welded or spooled diffs and work at an off road shop that deals with this on a daily basis. They drive similar or exactly the same as a mechanical locker, if you coast around every turn it may help a little, but not enough to...

Detroits are only locked when power is applied. So it's only locked when front wheel drive is engaged. If your hubs are unlocked it doesn't matter whats in the diff or if the front is engaged, nothing will be locked.

Thanks!! I'm about to build a flat bed for mine and the size you used looks perfect for the size of the truck.

What size rectangle tube did you use for your bed?

I've got a grizzly locker in the front of mine, the only time it's locked is when power is applied, the same is true with the Detroit and ouverson lockers. When the truck is in rear wheel drive it drives just like a stock truck. Engage the front and it's locked.

Never had a problem out of mine, I used stock u joints and they went together perfect. I did have the custom off road seals, not sure if there is a difference.

Not having a steering box is the biggest reason mine was so easy to change.

I replaced mine with a braided stainless steel line with a 45 degree fitting on one end, much easier to work with than the factory line.

What do you mean bolt pattern? Yoke sit's on a 1.25", single keyed shaft, pretty common for pto stuff. Or are you talking about the bolt pattern of the pto itself? If that's the case just measure the cover on your t case.