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i have just bought a 2nd hand jimny, from a friend who downgraded to a Land Rover ...
It's a 2006 vvt, with 2" lift, 215/75 mud and front/rear Arb lockers ...
the old owner scared me telling that he snapped 2 CV joints using the front lockers, and suggested me to be very gentle with it ...
So, as i do not want to break anything, i use the front lockers only at very light gas, and no steering ... there have been times when i could not pass an obstacle with rear lockers only (+ full power) ... but even woth light foot (let say 3000rpm) and 2 lockers i didn't made it ...
I spend already almost more than i could to buy the car, so it's not time to invest in HD axles now ... nor to break the stock ones ...
I would just ask you to collect here a "front locker damages" database, indicating how you snapped yr cv or shafts, just to understand how much i can reasonably push before asking too much to the front axle
I've never understood the need for a Front Locker - I have a rear Locker and that gets me everywhere i need to go. There are people on BigJimny who have Front Lockers and ARB's - but they tend to be "rich people".
maverick wrote: I've never understood the need for a Front Locker - I have a rear Locker and that gets me everywhere i need to go. There are people on BigJimny who have Front Lockers and ARB's - but they tend to be "rich people".
I think you will be lucky to find enough people with a front locker to be able to make a database of how they broke cv's but I would not worry. It is nice to have the front locker but you do not have to use it until you can afford heavy duty shafts and cv's. At least someone else has paid for and fitted it!
Just enjoy what you have!
Kirkynut
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