aussie locker?

[djberg]

what\'s the deal? how reliable are they? any one been one for multi years? and as i was digging on pirate4x4 i noticeed they were talking about working on heavier axles aka dana 60\'s in 03 and what not, but now in 09 nothing more than 44\'s and other \"light\" axles and no crystler 9.25....  any ways whats the deal?

thanks dj

[fedrusion]

I will have had mine for a year this summer. I cant say anything negative. I think I will be getting one for my front this summer.

[gCracker]

welcome, there are many people in the club running Aussie\'s, and the owner of the company is also a club member.  Last that I knew there were NO known reports of broken Aussies.

[djberg]

nice as i\'ve been screwing around waisting the day away i\'ve found a 9.25 with a posi round pittsburg on flea bay and one of those in the ffront that\'s a lot of traction for cheap!!!!!

though i do rather wish aussie made a 9.25 :( but all is well if all comes together next stop 4.10\'s

[Crusarius]

last I knew aussie was working on an 8.25 locker I think there where some prototypes out there but not sure if they are in full production yet.

[MrMindless]

pretty sure the 8.25 29sp is actually out there in production.  I have not heard Bill say anything about the 9.25.  I\'d say something about it usually not being considered too desirable an axle but with the D44a Aussie existing, that\'s not too valid a point :)

[GTJake]

8.25 is in production. troy is running one

id ask bill about the 9.25...

[Crusarius]

oops I missed the 9

[smichaelR22]

ill let you know if there is a broken aussie tonight.  i just locked my CJs D44 gear set up at 35MPH to a dead stop in about 18feet and the shafts and aussie felt like they held up.  Havent opened the diff up yet, but i bet she is still fine :)  

in short i love my aussie.  road manors are a bit on a short wheelbased CJ5 with a manual tranny the way i drive, but it works after getting use to it.  

i dont pay attention to directions about checking clearances and what not, so thats probably why my is very loud, and my lockrite in the front feels like a welded diff that never unlocks.  

im waiting for the 60 aussie too, rumor had it a 10.25\" was going into eriks superduty for testing?  :)

[djberg]

killer i\'m pretty sure that is what\'s going in the front end of the beast, i really do wish that there was a rear just cause of the price cause i\'m cheap and poor to boot... but i do have my eyes on a 9.25 axle on flea bay and i all reasy have a spare front i can get my hands on so now i just need to man up and start buying parts and find at least one other experienced person to help me tear them apart and get new 4.10\'s and what ever dual wheel driving aparatuse i have back in there...

[fasteddie]

i also need to talk to bill about a 9.25\" locker

[GTJake]

djberg:
if you cant find anyone to help out look here www.bluedogjeep.com

thats Ryan_25 in our club. he works on alot of our rigs and does great work. hes done quite a bit to my XJ and id reccomend him to anyone

[smichaelR22]

whats the rig? road/wheeling percentage?


weld the rear?

[smichaelR22]

o by the way, aussie looked good in the rear end, but havent completly torn it out.  gear set and pinion bearings trashed, case / cross pin have a few chunks out of them :(

[GTJake]

luckly you werent on the highway Smike