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Ok, good start. Go try a few different front lockers extensively and report back your findings.

I live in Colorado at 7000ft elevation where I got 5 feet of snow at my house this winter. I own and drive BOTH combinations in those conditions. ( auto front/ selectable rear AND selectable/selectable )

What locker combinations have you personally tried? Have you tried an automatic front and selectable rear, or are you just regurgitating common misconceptions?

I don't understand how driving the vehicle 2300+ miles isn't applicable.....in winter....in the snow? How much further do you want me to drive? Do you want me to drive it every day, because I have done that too. I'm not just 'road tripping' as you put it, I build these vehicles to be driven...

The DSC can only control a percentage of total shock valving, specifically compression. It is only working on the amount of fluid displaced by compression of the shaft into the body of the shock. That is the amount of fluid that is moving back and forth to the reservoir. I could do the math, but...

So basically driving on the road then? I thought this was an off-road expedition type discussion. If you don't need lockers you don't need lockers. You could take a nice comfy AWD car. My automatic front locker and selectable rear locker has never stopped me from going anywhere. I drove my...

I'm not saying NO articulation. I am saying MODEST articulation. I have seen TONS of issues, especially on short arm lifted TJs where the suspension has all kinds of bad habits when lifted and running to much shock. The JKs are the same way but a bit less sensitive because of their slightly...

It doesn't. I did too, till I actually tried it. Here I am about 7 years later with my flat fender which runs an automatic front locker and rear selectable locker . I ran cross country, hundreds of miles of snow wheeling up north, through two Ultimate Adventures with 4 wheel off-road magazine...

Find a good shock tuner to work with, don't buy off the shelf valving. I recommend Ryan Raker at Accutune Offroad https://accutuneoffroad.com/ The Fox shocks he valved for my LX45 project have been amazing.

Depending on the coating it might be worse for a snatch ring. Regular UHWWPE has an incredibly low friction coefficient on a smooth metal surface. It would be interesting to try, but I have not had any issues with the soft shackle having accelerated wear with a snatch ring. Increasing the...

It also reduces elastic elongation even further ( which is already very low for synthetic winch lines )

It is my understanding the heat-setting and pre-stretching are processes used to deal with the air gaps in the rope from the looming process to help set a more consistent diameter with a smaller diameter. This smaller 'set' diameter line can be stronger in cross section than a line that has...

Good stuff. Thanks for writing it up. There is locker technology out there right now from Eaton for the OEM level, and a few guys in New Zealand, that allows for a 'locker' that can be from 0 to 99.99999% locked without binding or wheel movement to engage and disengage. They are using very...

Now we are getting some of the details to come out. What I am generally most concerned about is what I call '3-wheel drive' performance. What happens when you need more than open/open and less than locked/locked. I find this to be the area most people overlook. For me, it is where the most...

I keep trying to tell people. I currently own both systems. My flat fender is auto front and selectable rear. My LX45 is selectable/selectable. My next build will be automatic front and selectable rear.

So it was an auto locker in BOTH ends? I am trying to differentiate the issues of a REAR automatic locker. I think a lot of people conflict that. I've found the newer soft locker design to be more problematic when used in the front. It helped when used in the rear axle to make things a little...

Happy Joe. I am curious. When you tried the automatic front locker what REAR locker did you have? I've run my little flat fender all over the place including hundreds of miles of deep snow wheeling up north. All the bad automatic locker traits went away with a REAR selectable locker. The...

I agree that automatic REAR lockers can be a huge headache, but once I tried one in the front (with a rear selectable) it changed how I look at them completely. I believe only the rear locker on the Rubicon package has the limited slip when 'open' feature?

I've seen just as many issues with too much suspension travel being quirky as I have not enough suspension travel being quirky. I like to find a happy balance. Personally, I see very little need for anything over a 10" travel shock. I do a LOT of crazy stuff and something in that travel range...

I don't know, I don't think locker choice and suspension overlap that much honestly. Suspension is an interesting discussion in itself.