Here was my email and his response back in 2012. If you Google other things you will find similar praise for their customer service. I think it shows the quality of the company since he (The owner) responded back the same day. If you put one in give it some time to break in I think, also definitely use 85-140 (I used Valvoline), get a thick housing cover (I have a Solid, only 65 bucks) and if it's still loud after a few months try either adding a shim or changing to a thinner one (perhaps just one side).īelow is what I wrote to Torque Masters (The makers of Aussie) and this was on a Saturday at what would have been about 8:30 pm their time. I always regretted taking it out because it literally doubles the capabilities of your Jeep. Looking back at my records I actually ran it for 11 months previously including a trip from AZ to Death Valley CA. I failed to mention I also now have a Flowmaster 50 cat back exhaust so I'm not as sensitive to noise but in all seriousness it's way quieter. Like I say it's incredibly quieter now, almost invisible really. Recently my co worker put a Lock right in his 1998 Dodge truck, that along with me getting stuck in Colorado made me reconsider it. That was basically what made me take it out. i wanted super quiet and I got scared once when my exhaust hanger broke and made a terrible thumping noise, I thought Oh crap there goes the axle. The first time around it was loud (only parking lot manuevers or stoplight turns) but most people would probably not care. The other difference is that instead of the 75-140 recomended by Jeep I am running 85-140 (I also have a Solid cover and had it on the previous install) so I don't know if the gear oil plays a part.Īnyway wanted to post this incas e anybody has a auto locker that is too loud for their liking.might be worth a try changing the set up a bit (tighter or looser) and run the 85-140.Ĭlick to expand.I'm running it in the rear, Dana 35 242 transfer case. This time around I only measured the center pin to cam gear and I was even a bit wider than before but it works perfectly and it's at least 50 percent quitter, less ratcheting on turns but it still does (so I know it's working) but it's amazingly quieter. I had used an extra shim on one side of the axle gears.įast forward to Wednesday of this week and for a variety of reasons I decided to try it again. I contacted Aussie and they assured me I'd have no problems and told me it's not uncommon for them to be out of spec, etc. 183 on the center gap measurments and the center pin to cam gears was like. At that time I installed it and measured everything as per instructions, I was.

I originally put it in back in 2012 and ran it about 6 months but took it out because I couldn't deal with the noise on turns. Just wanted to post my observations on the Aussie locker.

Aussie locker tolerances