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Originally posted by OffroadX
There's a guy on the AC board with a Pathfinder that simply fused his front diff together rather than shell out the $ for a front locker. I've heard of doing this in the rear and I wouldn't even consider it, but ya know, for the front it doesn't sound too bad!
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Hello X men! Well I thought I would chime in with my .02 cents on the welded locker deal. I wheel with Robby"cruisearound" and just got back from a week long Nissan run here in CO. Anyway that front locker is a really good idea if you don't have the bucks to add one yourself.
Most of the time he will travel in 2 lo with the fronts unlocked, hub, but when he needs extra traction he will only lock on side. Thus giving him "3 wheel drive" for max traction he will lock up both sides in the front when wheeling something that requires it. With only one side locked you can turn freely on the trail and still get traction.
He only has a lsd in the rear but he said he will probably get the ARB locker pretty soon for the rear, he wouldn't even consider welding the rear, especially with the amount of snow driving we do and the huge amount of stress that puts on your rear.
So imo I would definatley consider welding the front diff before I ever welded the rear, only if you have manual hubs and you can put up with getting in and out of your truck ALOT! I'm too lazy to do that so I will just get the front ARB soon.
Later.