suv with a locking differential

[Elwood blues]

Hey does anyone know some good SUVs or trucks with a locking differential? Right now I have a ford explorer sport but looking for something similar and with a locking differential. Does anyone knows any vehicles like this that came stock with a locking diff?

 

[Tbars4]

..:scratch:...Why not do what others here have done and have a locking differential installed on your vehicle?

 

[Elwood blues]

I'm not sure what size i would need and would u be able to do it myself or do I have to have someone else do it

 

[Turdle]

Not to sound rude, but I know it is going to.
You probably should not have a locker if you do not know how to work on it. A locker will just get you into deeper trouble, meaning you will be in a precarious position when something does let go.

Off Roading is pretty much a fix it yourself sport. Sorry, you can't go into it like you can say--golf. Unless you have deep deep pockets that is. And, since you are asking about an explorer sport, I only assume you cannot afford to have it fixed for you all the time.

Jeep Rubicons have a locking diff, as do the newer ford f150s. There are probably others but they are all $

 

[Elwood blues]

Well I've never worked in one because I don't have one I can work on anything on my truck that's how you learn take it apart put it back together. I've worked on them in other vehicle just not my own

 

[PopRichie77]

Explores came with limited slip rear axles, go to a salvage yard and get the whole rear axel and just change it or just change the punkin. No adjustments that way and not hard to change. This is good for on road and some 4 wheeling.

 

[IAmTodd]

Explores came with limited slip rear axles, go to a salvage yard and get the whole rear axel and just change it or just change the punkin. No adjustments that way and not hard to change. This is good for on road and some 4 wheeling.

This. I just rebuilt my clutch packs and it's pretty tight right now to the point where the inside tire chips under power.

OP, make sure you don't currently have an LSD. If you do there are a ton of write-ups on how to rebuild the Traction Lok diff and how to make it lock up better.

 

[4x4junkie]

Not to sound rude, but I know it is going to.
You probably should not have a locker if you do not know how to work on it. A locker will just get you into deeper trouble, meaning you will be in a precarious position when something does let go.

Off Roading is pretty much a fix it yourself sport. Sorry, you can't go into it like you can say--golf. Unless you have deep deep pockets that is. And, since you are asking about an explorer sport, I only assume you cannot afford to have it fixed for you all the time.

Jeep Rubicons have a locking diff, as do the newer ford f150s. There are probably others but they are all $

I disagree. Good quality lockers are very reliable. The so-called "lunchbox" (drop-in style) lockers are less so though.

Get an ARB or a Detroit for the rear and chances are quite good you won't have to worry about anything inside the axle (provided you aren't running grossly oversized tires anyway). The ARB will be completely transparent while driving on the street with it unlocked.

The type of offroading you do also determines how much you have to worry about being prepared to fix things out on the trail... If you crawl huge rocks and/or mud-bog, then yeah, keep your tools & some spare parts handy. If you're just doing graded or mildly-rutted trails or the "overland" thing (ick I hate that word), then you're far less likely to have anything break.
Earlier model Explorers ('91-'01) are very rugged vehicles (much more so than a lot of other SUVs in it's class) even though it's outward appearance might not portray it as such.

 

[Blue91Ex]

not very helpful to this thread ik, but im curious what you mean by "overland" offroading junkie. is that just like, logging trails and stuff or is it something else?

Also, for basic offroading, you are probably just fin with a good, not worn out limited slip. I have it on my 91 with 160k miles and it still works great. cant tell the difference in sand and stuff between ls and locked with mine. trying to torque over rocks an stuff u do of course but its still very useful.

 

[Tbars4]

Overlanding is the self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, accommodated by mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to trucks) where the principal form of lodging is camping; often lasting for extended lengths of time (weeks months to years) and spanning international boundaries.

I'm still waiting to see how this turns out..Locker, LSD, or new vehicle?..

 

[IAmTodd]

Also, for basic offroading, you are probably just fin with a good, not worn out limited slip. I have it on my 91 with 160k miles and it still works great. cant tell the difference in sand and stuff between ls and locked with mine. trying to torque over rocks an stuff u do of course but its still very useful.

If you've never touched your LSD in 160k miles there's nothing left of your clutch packs. Mine has 164k and there was no material on the clutches, it was metal to metal.

 

[4x4junkie]

not very helpful to this thread ik, but im curious what you mean by "overland" offroading junkie. is that just like, logging trails and stuff or is it something else?

Yeah, Tbars has the proper description for it (often it's called an "Expedition" when it traverses international borders).

In the last 5-7 years though, so many people have taken to using the word "overlanding" to describe their weekend car-camping trips (often to well-worn places or primitive campgrounds they've already been before), the word has turned into a new trendy term to describe "4x4 camping" (and has stimulated a market for high-dollar vehicle-dependent camping products such as rooftop-mounted tents, self-contained portable fold-out kitchens (yes, with a sink lol), and $1200 12-volt compressor-driven fridge/freezer units (which I happen to have such a fridge/freezer myself, 'xept I didn't pay no $1200 for it... not even half that).

It's camping.

If you're traveling (exploring) someplace remote on a seldom-traveled trail perhaps you've never been, making a week or longer trip out of it and setting up camp wherever it is you end up at day's end, then I would say you've begun to hit on the actual definition of "overlanding". But going up into the local hills or offroad park to hit up a 4x4 trail, camp at the end of it, then come back down the same (or on a nearby) route is NOT overlanding.
Very often there is no destination whatsoever in overlanding, it's entirely about the journey. Dead Link Removed