How do i tell if my jeep is equiped with lockers?

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I acquired a jeep a while back and the dude i bought it from said that it has lockers in both the front and rear axles... how do i check and see if it does and what type?
no i dont think its the ABS cause its a pretty much from scratch build up of a cj7... i always thought that lockers were activated by a switch or can they be locked when the hubs are locked?
 
hmm...idk
take it off roading and see what its got ; )
but if he said it has lockers in the front and rear axles then climb something and see if it goes in opposite directions
hope the cj7 works out for ya
because my dad and I are going to be rebuilding one as well
we just have to finish the car we are working on right now first.
 
Not unless he put them in himself. Air lockers are activated by a switch and will have an air pump installed in the jeep. Other style lockers / posi / limited slip etc are actived by springs or clutches and won't have a switch.

The way to test it is lock the hubs, release the emergency brake, jack up one side of the vehicle and turn the wheel thats in the air (forward direction) and if it keeps turning, then its an open differential and not a locker. A locker style differential will not allow you to turn the one in the air.

Another way is to jack up the front so that both wheels are off the ground (locked hubs, no brakes and transfer case in neutral) and turn one of the wheels in the forward direction. If the other wheel turns in the oposite direction... it is an open differential. If it turns in the same direction, it is a locker/posi style. Jack up the back and do the same thing.
 
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