Gonna do something stupid, need input

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:56 am

Well..

You all know how expensive lockers are right??

I can get my hands on a whole rear end, side to side for 50 bucks.

Do you guys think it would be worth welding up a rear end and putting it under the kj, just for wheeling purposes??

Obv I would keep my stock axle just incase... You guys think this could be fun?

JeepMorrison · **Joined:** Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:34 am **Posts:** 1236

So a Lincoln locker?

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WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:04 am

Essentially.. For 50 bucks, is it worth it?

gottorque · **Joined:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:03 am **Posts:** 100

Well if you dont mind tire squeal around corners on pavement. For 50 bucks I suppose it's worth a shot.

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:26 am

Sweet deal! This will make an awesome winter project.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:23 am

Having had a " Lincoln Locker" back years ago in a " off road" only old CJ
Have fun driving it on the street
Even off road and had it in for only 3 runs

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:11 pm

Lincoln locker? We just call them welded diffs here. For $50 I can't see the problem there aside from the added wear and stress from making turns on the street.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:24 pm

Bmxer524 wrote:

Lincoln locker? We just call them welded diffs here. For $50 I can't see the problem there aside from the added wear and stress from making turns on the street.

Only thing we ever called them, Lincoln welder to weld them up so............ :JEEPIN:

But you are younger than me so,..... :-)r

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:49 pm

I'm not expecting it to last very long, just thought it could be fun.

Arkie · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:08 am

Whit, seems we have something in common,,,,,,,,, the inability to learn from others past experience. :mrgreen:

Bob

Mountainman · **Posted:** Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:31 pm

You could do a smooth doughnut (360) around every turn in winter (most of the year) up there. You could start a new driving style! It's likely ballet with jeeps

I'd move south with a Lincoln locker :5SHOTS:

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:18 am

tommudd wrote:

Bmxer524 wrote:

Lincoln locker? We just call them welded diffs here. For $50 I can't see the problem there aside from the added wear and stress from making turns on the street.

Only thing we ever called them, Lincoln welder to weld them up so............ :JEEPIN:

But you are younger than me so,..... :-)r

Makes sense. Each generation has their own thing. I don't think I'd ever lock an axle that way. In my area it seems to be more common with the "drifters" rather than the Jeepers and 4x4 owners.

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:03 pm

Hold on!

Lol..

I didn't mean drive it in the winter time, I meant something fun to do in the winter. Like weld it during the winter, imagine if I could put on a new mig pass, every week from December until spring time.. Lol.. I don't think it would ever break. .. Or it will break ten feet down the trail lol

Mountainman · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:50 pm

WhitbyKJ wrote:

Hold on!

Lol..

I didn't mean drive it in the winter time, I meant something fun to do in the winter. Like weld it during the winter, imagine if I could put on a new mig pass, every week from December until spring time.. Lol.. I don't think it would ever break. .. Or it will break ten feet down the trail lol

I don't buy it man, because IT'S ALWAYS WINTER IN CANADA :goink:

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2015 4:33 pm

Pfffttt lol..

You gotta come up in March. Try some of our trails. You go from mud, that's a foot deep to two feet deep, to water holes, to sandy knolls, to sheets of ice and rock. It's awesome!!!

Contrary to popular belief lol.. Lol... It does get too hot to handle outside sometimes. Went to Texas for a combined arms exercise in March, prolly 2004, i got sooooo tanned. Landed on the Tarmac back here in Canada, oh doo doo.. That was cold.

Mountainman · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:56 pm

Well, all I know is I worked a winter in Lameque, NB. And the ocean was FROZEN feet thick around that frozen island. I tried to go for a walk once, but it was about -92359270 degrees F, and that 2 miles about killed me. That was SOUTHERN Canada!

Pretty amazing reading about the Canadian settlers, talk about a tough life!

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:07 pm

New Brunswick.. No doo doo that would almost kill me too!!

Lol, I'm more south than NB, I'm in Southern Ontario. I can see New York State from my work, on a clear day of course.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:17 pm

New York gets cold up there too lol. It's nice and "warm" on Long Island. We get a lot less snow and stay a little warmer. That said, upstate can really bake in the summer... If you're a beach guy you would love out beaches in the summer. Around July to early/mid August is some of the hottest times and the ocean will reach temps closer to 70*F. You don't have to stay at the Hamptons or Montauk either.

WhitbyKJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:05 pm

Is that an invitation I smell? Lol

Think of all the ladies my accent could attract for you eh?

Just kidding, I'm totally married

Funny idea tho

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