all lincoln lockers

[Boggin]

hey guys i am really looking in to weldin my rear and only jus found out today what a lincoln locker was.
so if anybody with a lincoln locker reads this can you please post some pictures and all info you got on it? id appreciate it a lot
thanks alot

 

[BlackBII]

"There is also a home grown version of it known as a Lincoln Locker. This is basically an open differential that someone has used a welder on to prevent the differential spider gears from doing their job, and in so doing, turns it into a spool. The term Lincoln Locker is kind of a play on words. Someone, somewhere, at some time once used a Lincoln arc welder to do the job. So they thought it was funny to call it a Lincoln Locker.~ TRS "

Also, read this:

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/LockerComparo.html

 

[Boggin]

thanks alot bud, also when you take apart the ring and pinion to they have to go back together the same way? {do the teeth have to match back up the way they came apart}?
thanks

 

[BlackBII]

Yes, the teeth need to match up...But, if your just welding it, you shouldn't need to remove the ring and pinion.

I reccomend doing a lot of reading before removing and reinstalling your ring and pinion, aint exactly a snatch and grab job.

 

[Boggin]

Yes, the teeth need to match up...But, if your just welding it, you shouldn't need to remove the ring and pinion.

ok thanks i but i was thinking it wouldbe easier to remove the carrier and do it seperate but i guess you can jus fire the axle up on a bench and get weldin?

 

[crawlin91]

yeah but you better make sure to cover what you dont want welded very well or the spatter will ruin it

 

[Shran]

Do not weld the spiders to the axle shafts, and do not weld the cross pin. Weld the spiders together and to the carrier. You do not need to remove the ring and carrier, just clean the diff out really well with brake cleaner so you don't catch it on fire when you're welding.

The best way to do this is with a gas MIG welder so you don't have any slag to clean up and not as much splatter that can get on the gears.

 

[Boggin]

thanks for all the tips guys this is what i planned to do:

put a sheet of metal over the spiders and weld that, would that be ok?

 

[ForOffRoadDriving]

i think in that last picture they were using a square block of steel to fill the whole gap in?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

You can't do that on your rear axle, you need to be able to get at the C clips, you could only do that on a full float rear axle.

 

[Boggin]

so what do i do? just weld the 4 peices together and on to the carrier?

 

[BlackBII]

Yes, like in the picture I posted.

That way you can get your c-clips in and out.

 

[Boggin]

ok thanks, i think i will try to get some 4.10s or 4.56s while im at it.
also what is the need of getting at the clips?
thanks

 

[fastpakr]

That's how you get the shafts out.

 

[BlackBII]

The clips hold te axle in, if there were no clips, the whole axle shaft would just slide out of the tube.

You can see on of them holding the axle in the carrier in the pic I posted.

 

[Boggin]

ok thanks all of you for the tips i wouldnt of known anything

 

[liftedredranger]

i just blew one of these apart the other day not a pretty site.

 

[5speedin2.3]

How much do you like your axle shafts?

If you drive the truck every day, you shouldn't do this. Its going to be really hard to turn and the rear tires will wear much faster.

Your best bet is to buy a simple lockrite lunchbox style locker and put it in.
I have a powertrax lockrite and its awesome.

 

[Boggin]

i know im bringing back my old thread but i got lots of other trucks with axles i can use, so i dont really care about getting at my c-clips if the shaft breaks i can just throw in another axle. and i would trust it more having that plate welded between the gears, i might do this tomorrow

 

[Shran]

What I'd suggest is filling in some of the teeth on the spiders and side gears with weld... that way they don't turn. Then you can still remove the crosspin and remove the c-clips if you break a shaft. It's pointless to ruin an otherwise good axle by making it so you can't get the shafts out.