Need some assistance installing locker in 12 bolt

[Mrturner1]

Originally Posted by Chknlyps2

Here is a you tube video for an Eaton Tru Trac for a 10 bolt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4HhJ5WyRp4

A few years ago I put in a locker for a friend and I don't remember the brand. The carrier stayed in place and all I had to take out was the spiders and side gears and replace with the locker pieces. It was pretty darn easy. It locks well but does click going around slow tight corners.

That's the lock rite, the one I'm almost sold on. Did you have to remove the ring gear and shims?

[Chknlyps2]

Originally Posted by Mrturner1

That's the lock rite, the one I'm almost sold on. Did you have to remove the ring gear and shims?

No, as stated the carrier stayed in place. You already removed more than I had to.... well except the side gears.

On the caps, just like main bearing or rod bearing caps on an engine, they were torqued in place when the housing was machined and line bored. They go back on the same side and the same orientation that they came off from. If switched they may line up and go back on if they were swapped or they may not.... they may be to tight, may put pressure on one side of the race and not the other causing the bearing to grenade, or they may be to loose and let the bearing walk around under load.