[bagnkat]

I know that you can get an ARB air locker for the rear diff of a coily. I believe this is the same P/No. as a leafy rear locker.

I'm pretty sure that the front diff in a coily has only 2 spider gears as opposed to 4 in the leafy. From what I understand, ARB don't do a front diff for the coily as the market is too small.

My question is this:

Can anything be swapped/modified from a leafy front diff into a coily front diff to allow a leafy front air locker to work within the coily?

Thanks for reading,

Brad.

[v.w.dave]

put hilux diffs on it....

[31zook]

i thought coily centers/3rds were real different to leafys and the axles are like 1L axles...

[ajsr]

you can definately get an air locker for the rear of a coily as I have a coily diff and air lock in the back of my leafy.
as for the front cant help you

[morpheus]

a friend of mine bought 2 front auto lockers. I'll see if he still has 1 layin around,

[joeblow]

normal sierra diffs, front or rear, have a 10 bolt ring gear pattern. the coily front though is unique in having an 8 bolt pattern.

[Highway-Star]

I have heard of a Jimny front airlocker being moded to suit. I Don't know anything about it myself, just remember reading it somewhere. Maybe have a search around the interwebs.

[Reubs]

Highway-Star wrote:

I have heard of a Jimny front airlocker being moded to suit.

Same, but I heard a Vit one can be modded.

[joeblow]

a vit/ sierra front. to mod one you would have to re-machine and drill the bolt pattern for the crown wheel. becuase there will be overlapping holes this can lead to movement and stress failures of the cap. plus, there is no way in hell it would ever be warrantied. but if you got one second hand cheap it may be worthwhile. in the past i have converted coily fronts to use a standard sierra centre with 5.1's and used a non modded locker.

[bagnkat]

joeblow wrote:

in the past i have converted coily fronts to use a standard sierra centre with 5.1's and used a non modded locker.

What's involved with that? Is it component swapping or fabricating from scratch?

[bagnkat]

Ordered a rear diff lock yesterday - can't wait to test it

Any further comments or suggestions for my previous post?

[joeblow]

requires a sierra centre, knockles and steering, and some machining of the hubs or fitment of sierra outer axles.

[bagnkat]

joeblow wrote:

requires a sierra centre, knockles and steering, and some machining of the hubs or fitment of sierra outer axles.

Cheers... gives me a plan of attack!