good stuff. I'll check it out and keep you posted. I understand the limitations to the d30 but i dont plan on going off road really. Also I have 2 extra D30 axels from a old bronco laying out back as well.
Then you're probably good for now, unless you find out the housing is buggered as well. But that's a whole nutha thing...
So silly question, if I need a full rebuild does that include the locker?
Not usually, but there might be kits around that have everything. Just too many options for each, so what you normally get are:
1. The ring and pinion gear sets. In whatever ratio you choose.
2. The rebuild "kit" that usually just includes the things you need for a standard rebuild, like bearings, races, seals, shims, new ring-gear bolts, and maybe some setup liquids and sealants and thread locking compounds.
3. The carrier. Whether open, limited-slip, or locking. Up to you and there are literally dozens of companies that make them. Most of which offer at least something for the Dana 30.
You don't always need a new carrier, and most that already have a locker or limited-slip are just changing their gear ratios or replacing buggered parts. Not replacing the carrier.
Even you might not need a new one.
No. You have what is called a Limited-Slip.
Unfortunately most of the manufacturers used some variation of the word "lock" in their company's product's names. From "loc" to "lock" to "lok" and whatever else they could think of to be cute.
But other than the GM Gov-Lok which does lock up after a certain amount of spin, they're all just simple limited-slip diffs.
This particular model you have uses clutches and springs and things to try to transfer torque to both wheels even if one wheel is spinning in slippery conditions. Some use a crazy arrangement of bevel gears (or whatever they might be called) and another uses clutches in the shape of cones rather than flat materials. But they're still called "limited-slip" differentials because they don't literally lock the two side's axle shafts together as one.
A locker does just that. It uses some manner of dog tooth parts, levers acting on centrifugal force, or whatever.
Some are what we call "set and forget" types, such as the old Detroit Locker, and some are "selectable" where you push a button, pull a knob, or move a lever to lock things together.
The final type is a spool, which with it's splines and solid body, keep both axle shafts always locked. This is mostly for racing, because it's simple and functional. It's less expensive too.
Most of the selectable lockers that I'm aware of are either fully open, or full spools and not normal lockers. The ARB air locker is like this.
So with all those choices, there are probably not going to be any "kits" out there that have it all. But hey, someone may put them together upon request and you just get it all in one stop.
But most of us sell the individual pieces based on what you want in each category.
Paul