Front Locker

    This....

    Wants to be in this....

    Lockright Part Number 2410

    Pop the diff cover off and drain the gear oil.

        Take out the hub bolts.  Warn hubs need a 7/64 allen wrench.

    Use snap ring pliers to take off the axle shaft retaining ring.

    A right angle pick is perfect for pulling out the outer hub retaining ring.

    Use one of the allen bolts to pull out the hub body.

    Then take a 3/8" allen socket to get the calipers off.

    Once the calipers are off the rotor, use the handy dandy four-prong socket dealie to take off the outer spindle nut.

    After the outer spindle nut is off, use a pick to remove the retaining washer.

    Take out the inner spindle nut and remove the rotor.  Try not to drop the outer wheel bearing in the dirt.

    Take off the six nuts to get the spindle and backing plate out.

    Now the axle shaft can slide out a little.  Repeat for the other side.

    Take off the four bearing cap bolts

    And carefully drop the carrier.  Keep the bearing caps and bearings separated so as not to mix them up.  They are not interchangeable and must bolt back up on the side they came from.

        Put the carrier in a vice and bust the ring gear bolts loose.  This is a really good time to become one with your tools and use only 6 point sockets.  Take your 12 point sockets and toss them in the trash.  They will only cause you grief.

    Take a punch and whack out the retaining pin.

    Once the retaining pin is out, pop the cross shaft out.

    Take out the spider gears and the side gears.  Save the thrust washers that live behind the side gears.

    My truck is begging to go wheeling.  Soon enough.  :)

    Put the Lockright couplers  into the carrier.  Make sure to use the thrust washers that were behind the side gears.

    Then install the drivers and spacers.  Use a little grease to keep the alignment pins from falling out.

    Install the springs.  Be careful, one wrong move and these things will launch across the garage.

    Pins and springs installed.  Put the cross shaft and retaining pin back in.

    Make sure there are no burrs or left over locktite on the ring gear surface.

    Use cherry flavor locktite on the ring gear bolts.  Torque them down to about 60 foot-pounds.

    Pop the carrier back into the housing.  Locktite and torque the bearing cap bolts down to about 80 foot-pounds.

    It was really f-in hot today.  Try to pick a cooler day to install you lockright.

    Torque the six spindle nuts down to about 50 foot-pounds.

    Torque the inner spindle nut to about 50 foot-pounds to seat the wheel bearings.  Turn it back about 1/4 turn, then tighten by hand.

    Put the retaining washer back on.  If it doesn't line up with the nipple on the inner spindle nut, try flipping it around.  

Bolt everything else back up and go wheel it already!  :)

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