wildbill23c
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I've decided that I want to do an extremely mild upgrade to my 88 Bronco 2 as I'm going to be using it for camping and other backroads type driving so I would like to put a locker in the rear and find something for the front. As I've researched this, nothing comes up except for a very rare limited slip front factory option which isn't available anymore.
My thoughts were that I could possibly upgrade the axle shafts to the Dana 35 stuff since the "Hybrid" version still uses the Dana 28 stuff, just upgrade to the Dana 35 Hybrid parts to allow me to use the Dana 35 axle shafts that would work with a ring & carrier to allow me to add the limited slip. I was looking towards a LOCK-RITE or something similar. I don't need/want anything fancy. I'm not going to be doing a lift or anything, it just has 235/75-R15 tires on it, which gives it plenty of clearance for anything I'd ever need. I'm not going to be rock crawling just logging trails, forestry service roads, in all kinds of weather conditions possible plus one of our local Amateur Radio repeaters is located about 3/4 of the way up on top of a hill that's hard to access.
Are there any options, or what could I do to get a front locker or well I guess its a limited slip (Lock-Rite) as it does unlock when turning. I'd rather not have to take everything apart if I don't have to but the Lock-Rite that is listed on a few sites for a Dana 28 shows a spline count of 27, but the forum in the tech library states our Dana 28's only have a 23 spline count, so the locker that LOCK-RITE states works with a Dana 28 in fact does not, unless there's some other version of a Dana 28 axle out there but I haven't found anything.
If I had someone around with the knowledge that could help with an axle swap I'd swap a Dana 35 if I could get a hold of one cheap enough, but on my own I do not feel comfortable doing so, plus it requires changing the front drive-shaft, something else I would have to outsource as I don't have a way to cut and reassemble one.
Alright TRS guru's what's the best way to go about this? I can do the LOCK-RITE in the rear I'd be fine with that, I'd love to do a LOCK-RITE up front too just to keep with the same brand and hopefully both would work the same, I'd really not like to mix and match stuff as I know different limited slips/lockers behave different than each other. I also think I understand that having a front limited slip or a locker wouldn't cause bad road manners with the front hubs disengaged at least that's what I've gathered from the reading I've done, but like I said TRS Gurus please lead the way as to how to handle this, thanks.
My thoughts were that I could possibly upgrade the axle shafts to the Dana 35 stuff since the "Hybrid" version still uses the Dana 28 stuff, just upgrade to the Dana 35 Hybrid parts to allow me to use the Dana 35 axle shafts that would work with a ring & carrier to allow me to add the limited slip. I was looking towards a LOCK-RITE or something similar. I don't need/want anything fancy. I'm not going to be doing a lift or anything, it just has 235/75-R15 tires on it, which gives it plenty of clearance for anything I'd ever need. I'm not going to be rock crawling just logging trails, forestry service roads, in all kinds of weather conditions possible plus one of our local Amateur Radio repeaters is located about 3/4 of the way up on top of a hill that's hard to access.
Are there any options, or what could I do to get a front locker or well I guess its a limited slip (Lock-Rite) as it does unlock when turning. I'd rather not have to take everything apart if I don't have to but the Lock-Rite that is listed on a few sites for a Dana 28 shows a spline count of 27, but the forum in the tech library states our Dana 28's only have a 23 spline count, so the locker that LOCK-RITE states works with a Dana 28 in fact does not, unless there's some other version of a Dana 28 axle out there but I haven't found anything.
If I had someone around with the knowledge that could help with an axle swap I'd swap a Dana 35 if I could get a hold of one cheap enough, but on my own I do not feel comfortable doing so, plus it requires changing the front drive-shaft, something else I would have to outsource as I don't have a way to cut and reassemble one.
Alright TRS guru's what's the best way to go about this? I can do the LOCK-RITE in the rear I'd be fine with that, I'd love to do a LOCK-RITE up front too just to keep with the same brand and hopefully both would work the same, I'd really not like to mix and match stuff as I know different limited slips/lockers behave different than each other. I also think I understand that having a front limited slip or a locker wouldn't cause bad road manners with the front hubs disengaged at least that's what I've gathered from the reading I've done, but like I said TRS Gurus please lead the way as to how to handle this, thanks.