Eaton OX lockers

JWebbie2

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I don't know anyone running these lockers and I'm considering putting them into my 1 ton axles I'll be swapping into my JK. Its either these or ARBs, but all my friends that run ARBs have all had issues with the compressors. So if anyone is running the Eaton's, let me hear some reviews on them!
 
Most people that have ARB's that have issues with compressors are install or problems brought on their own with no fault of ARB. There is a reason you see ARB's 10:1 on the trails vs OX.

OX's work though, I just prefer ARB's.
 
I think you are confused. Eaton E-lockers are not OX Lockers. The Eaton is electrically actuated, the OX is actuated with a cable or air cylinder.

I have an ARB with no issues. If they are installed correctly they usually do not have too many issues and you get the side benefit of a small onboard air compressor.
 
In my research I found that the cabeling on the OX lockers were very picky and would bind easily.

ARB is king, but it's been my personal experience (in my profession) that electric trumps pneumatic, and it's just hard to change my thinking even if its wrong. Therefore I chose the Eaton electric lockers.
 
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Agree, Electric is easier to package and repair in my experience. Electric locker options exist from Ox, Eaton, and Auburn ECTED.
 
I've been running the Eaton, in my front D44, for a year or more now. No problems, no complaints. I based my decision on the idea that electric would be simpler than air. And the OX, you have to buy their cable & cover separate; I mean they price you the locker, & then, btw you need our cable & cover! The Auburn, is a limited slip, when unlocked, which still uses the Wearable cones. If it wears out, only They can rebuild it! I Prefer to have my front either locked, or open. I've got a Detroit in the rear. I figure I really don't need a selectable, in the rear.
 
I can't find it online but is the 60 e-locker a 4 pinion one like the new one for the Dana 44?
 
walk away from Elockers. any roll back will disengage them. the shittiest design Ive ever in my life seen. the magnet doesn't engage the pins, it merely causes drag and causes a ramp to push the pins in. if you roll back, they disengage, then you have to start completely over. I thought I had killed mine, but it was 100% brand new inside and working as designed, its just that the design sucks ass and cost me $$$ in upgrading to something that works = ARB

walk awaaaayyy farrrr awwwaayyyy
 
Well that solves that lol
 
^ yes they are pretty stout inside, I will give them that, but very weird in how they work. they wouldn't warranty my unit because of the HP that Im running, so after it wouldn't 'work' at the Flats ride, I of course took it apart to see what broke. that's when I broke it down to see how it functions. The D60 version isn't anything like you see on youtube, those are the smaller units with the pins. this works with a very stout locking ring like a true manual front hub. that sucker aint gonna break, but because its so big and bulky, it takes a very precise alignment between the shafts to engage. this is handled with the ramp action. the ramp action is engaged (turned) by friction due to the magnet which resides beside one of the side bearings. when the magnet engages, the ramp then is pulled into play and when it does, hopefully there is no differential action between the shafts or it will never lock. then when it does lock, if you back up it will unlock (reverse ramp action) until things get oriented just so, then it will lock in reverse. then you have to go through the whole sequence to get forward lock. now Im very experienced in the woods and know what Im doing, but dammit I like to play, and only when Im denied several times via open diff, then I do want to engage a locker (thas kinda the whole point). at that point, youre in the shit and probably got one tire in the air and another jammed under a rock and theres no way in hell that its going to lock up -too much differential action. the magnet simply cant hold the ramp in place to overcome this action. when it does as soon as you have some wheel hop and torsion in a shaft it will unlock and leave you in open diff again. suckkkkkky. I took a bunch of pics and will post someday as to this dumbassery they come up with. my buddys couldn't believe it when we had it on the bench playing with it. its the stupidest thing ever, almost like Fuller built it.
 
Sounds like it was designed by some of those engineers i went to school with.
 
^ yes they are pretty stout inside, I will give them that, but very weird in how they work. they wouldn't warranty my unit because of the HP that Im running, so after it wouldn't 'work' at the Flats ride, I of course took it apart to see what broke. that's when I broke it down to see how it functions. The D60 version isn't anything like you see on youtube, those are the smaller units with the pins. this works with a very stout locking ring like a true manual front hub. that sucker aint gonna break, but because its so big and bulky, it takes a very precise alignment between the shafts to engage. this is handled with the ramp action. the ramp action is engaged (turned) by friction due to the magnet which resides beside one of the side bearings. when the magnet engages, the ramp then is pulled into play and when it does, hopefully there is no differential action between the shafts or it will never lock. then when it does lock, if you back up it will unlock (reverse ramp action) until things get oriented just so, then it will lock in reverse. then you have to go through the whole sequence to get forward lock. now Im very experienced in the woods and know what Im doing, but dammit I like to play, and only when Im denied several times via open diff, then I do want to engage a locker (thas kinda the whole point). at that point, youre in the shit and probably got one tire in the air and another jammed under a rock and theres no way in hell that its going to lock up -too much differential action. the magnet simply cant hold the ramp in place to overcome this action. when it does as soon as you have some wheel hop and torsion in a shaft it will unlock and leave you in open diff again. suckkkkkky. I took a bunch of pics and will post someday as to this dumbassery they come up with. my buddys couldn't believe it when we had it on the bench playing with it. its the stupidest thing ever, almost like Fuller built it.
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