Yukon Grizzly locker

[Ida4runner]

How is it in rain or snow?

Awful, your runner will do things you didn't think was possible at the worst time .
If you like drifting around curves on snowy or wet roads than you will like a 100% locker on a daily driver.
There is a reason why open diffs are the choice for driving on the road.Just my experience,I'm sure people will chime in and say they are great but in the mountains with icy,snowy roads a detroit on pavement is a white knuckle driving experience.

 

[Ida4runner]

I'm trying to decide on what to do about my open rear diff. It is not a daily, but it is driven a decent amount each year ~10,000mi. Lots of highway mileage mixed with a decent amount of moderate off-road trails (Maine to the San Juan mountains).

I have been considering the eaton truetrac or the zip locker, however, the price disparity is huge, and I would love a full locker. The grizzly locker seems like a solid middle ground, but everyone seems to think you'll end up dying whenever it snows or rains. Since you wheel in the Pacific NW what has your experience been?

I am curious if you would be tempted to recommend it for a 3rd gen 8in rear? My truck is 96' with part time 4wd. Heavy front bumper with winch, heavy rear bumper sometime this year. 285/55/r16 and 2in lift.

Get a third gen e locker! no question that would be the way to go. Relatively cheap(i bought 2 under $300) You would have no cost of ring and pinion gear set up,it's a direct bolt in,they sell a inexpensive wiring harness to bypass factory computer components.
PM me if you want more info.

 

[ElDuck]

Awful, your runner will do things you didn't think was possible at the worst time .
If you like drifting around curves on snowy or wet roads than you will like a 100% locker on a daily driver.
There is a reason why open diffs are the choice for driving on the road.Just my experience,I'm sure people will chime in and say they are great but in the mountains with icy,snowy roads a detroit on pavement is a white knuckle driving experience.

Interesting. Are you AWD as well, or 2wd/4wd? Curious if it would be better AWD.

 

[Ida4runner]

Interesting. Are you AWD as well, or 2wd/4wd? Curious if it would be better AWD.

Good question,this was a 2wd/4wd application.You should really seek other opinions if you have awd as that might do some weird things everyday driving.Another con to a Detroit is if you do a lot of in town driving where you must make tight turns to park,the locker makes it a big pain as it will kill your turning radius.

 

[Drift Monkey]

From what I gather, the Yukon doesn't bind nearly as much as a Detroit, hence the interest. But hell, if I can get an e-locker for that cheap, that might be the way to go.

 

[BendRunner]

Get a third gen e locker! no question that would be the way to go. Relatively cheap(i bought 2 under $300) You would have no cost of ring and pinion gear set up,it's a direct bolt in,they sell a inexpensive wiring harness to bypass factory computer components.
PM me if you want more info.

more info please.

 

[redwind1099]

more info please.

I’d love to get some info too. Does anyone have links?


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[Ida4runner]

I’d love to get some info too. Does anyone have links?


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This does a pretty good job explaining what's involved,if you have questions I will try to answer them.The hardest part was tapping to new stud holes in the correct location.

3rd Gen Factory E-locker Retrofit in a 4th Gen

 

[Ida4runner]

A Harrop/eaton e locker would be easier but they are over $1k. A toyota e locker requires more mods/labor but can be done close to half the cost of the Eaton. If I do this again in the future I will be trying the Eaton.

 

[xtremewlr]

Get a third gen e locker! no question that would be the way to go. Relatively cheap(i bought 2 under $300) You would have no cost of ring and pinion gear set up,it's a direct bolt in,they sell a inexpensive wiring harness to bypass factory computer components.
PM me if you want more info.

Not relatively cheap on ebay and they are not a direct bolt in to the 4th gen axle. Takes some modification to the axle housing to get the elocker 3rd member to fit.

Where did you find 3rd gen elocker third members for so cheap?

 

[xtremewlr]

Not relatively cheap on ebay and they are not a direct bolt in to the 4th gen axle. Takes some modification to the axle housing to get the elocker 3rd member to fit.

Where did you find 3rd gen elocker third members for so cheap?

This does a pretty good job explaining what's involved,if you have questions I will try to answer them.The hardest part was tapping to new stud holes in the correct location.

3rd Gen Factory E-locker Retrofit in a 4th Gen

Looks like you covered the install, thanks. I'd still like to know where you managed to find the 3rd members so cheap.

 

[Ida4runner]

Looks like you covered the install, thanks. I'd still like to know where you managed to find the 3rd members so cheap.

One I purchased off of KSL in utah for $300 the other was from a toyota salvage yard in Oregon for$500, my post was wrong,I did this 2 and 4yrs ago.

 

[Goffroading]

Grizzly locker

Not sure if this helps anyone, I have a 1999 Toyota 4 runner on 33’s with stock gearing and the grizzly locker. I only use the car for camping and any other recreational activity along these lines. And the locker seems to work great so far, it is pretty loud when you go from reverse to drive or just engage the rear diff in general. But once it is engaged I don’t hear a thing along turns or anything like that. Have not driven it in snow yet or we’re conditions so I can not speak on how bad it actually is driving in 2wd. But I’m sure if you’re a decent driver it will work just well! Cheers!