Check out this welded lunchbox locker!

[kjdad]

Why..just why...

So how many beers does it take to think welding your lunchbox locker is a good idea???

I may have dodge a bullet..the ring and pinion look ok..but need to triple check.

 

[97TJNM]

Bruh.

 

[GregBelleville]

Is that any different than having a spool? I could see this only making sense in a trail rig that sees no highway use maybe, even then it's puzzling?

 

[97TJNM]

Is that any different than having a spool? I could see this only making sense in a trail rig that sees no highway use maybe, even then it's puzzling?

Props to you for trying to find reason in an unreasonable situation.

My take? As a self-professed redneck, I've seen some redneck shit in my day, but that is a 30-rack of coors banquet level redneck shit.

 

[GregBelleville]

Props to you for trying to find reason in an unreasonable situation.

My take? As a self-professed redneck, I've seen some redneck shit in my day, but that is a 30-rack of coors banquet level redneck shit.

Yeah it's probably not wise trying to understand what's going on in the head of whoever thought this was a good idea.

 

[gasiorv]

Trailer to a wheeling destination. Break on first day. Weld it up to continue having a good weekend! Lunchbox locker is cheap and worthless when it's broke. I would throw the heat at it in a heartbeat without ever even thinking twice (other than the horrible smell of the residual gear oil burning while welding). I have seen people weld up expensive lockers before to save a weekend of wheeling. If I was at a place that I wheeled before or not that far from home, I would probably just load up and head home, but if you drive pretty far and want to keep wheeling, weld it and keep going.

 

[TJ Jim]

Roadkill

 

[kjdad]

Trailer to a wheeling destination. Break on first day. Weld it up to continue having a good weekend! Lunchbox locker is cheap and worthless when it's broke. I would throw the heat at it in a heartbeat without ever even thinking twice (other than the horrible smell of the residual gear oil burning while welding). I have seen people weld up expensive lockers before to save a weekend of wheeling. If I was at a place that I wheeled before or not that far from home, I would probably just load up and head home, but if you drive pretty far and want to keep wheeling, weld it and keep going.

That's what I thought..but the locker is perfectly fine

 

[macleanflood]

Probably welded with chlorinated brake cleaner. Spatter would do in the ring and pinion.

-Mac

 

[mrblaine]

Trailer to a wheeling destination. Break on first day. Weld it up to continue having a good weekend! Lunchbox locker is cheap and worthless when it's broke. I would throw the heat at it in a heartbeat without ever even thinking twice (other than the horrible smell of the residual gear oil burning while welding). I have seen people weld up expensive lockers before to save a weekend of wheeling. If I was at a place that I wheeled before or not that far from home, I would probably just load up and head home, but if you drive pretty far and want to keep wheeling, weld it and keep going.

I once welded a steering gear to the frame. The owner was snivelly, I gave him the choice of getting out and turning his tires himself or weld the gear to the frame because we were done kicking tires back and forth.

 

[gasiorv]

I once welded a steering gear to the frame. The owner was snivelly, I gave him the choice of getting out and turning his tires himself or weld the gear to the frame because we were done kicking tires back and forth.

I will store that one for possible use in future.

I came across a group that was doing the tire turn by hand on a boulder field trail. It was a JK with a broken steering secter shaft. It was going to take them forever to get it off that trail, so I said why don't you take that other JK in your group back to the parking lot and we'll pull the steering gear out and then I will give you a ride back to put it in this jk. Then you can drive it out. They looked at me like I was crazy and told me that was too much work. They were blocking the trail so we turned around and went back down. That night we went out for a night ride and decided to run that trail because we never completed it earlier in the day. Low and behold we came across that JK sitting in the middle of the trail about 20 yds up from where we came across it earlier in the day. Guess they got tired of kicking the tires back and forth.

We found them back in camp and they said that they ordered a steering box from the local O'Reilly's and it was going to be delivered from warehouse to the local store the next afternoon. My buddy said his JK was already on the trailer and we were leaving in the morning and they could have the box out of it if they want. Between us we also had a gallon of ATF they could have. That way they could get it fixed first thing in morning in lieu of waiting to see if the box actually showed up in the afternoon. They turned him down, I guess they weren't worried about actually wheeling.

Anyway, not sure why that locker was welded, but I am sure someone had a time and is still telling the story today.

 

[mrblaine]

I will store that one for possible use in future.

I came across a group that was doing the tire turn by hand on a boulder field trail. It was a JK with a broken steering secter shaft. It was going to take them forever to get it off that trail, so I said why don't you take that other JK in your group back to the parking lot and we'll pull the steering gear out and then I will give you a ride back to put it in this jk. Then you can drive it out. They looked at me like I was crazy and told me that was too much work. They were blocking the trail so we turned around and went back down. That night we went out for a night ride and decided to run that trail because we never completed it earlier in the day. Low and behold we came across that JK sitting in the middle of the trail about 20 yds up from where we came across it earlier in the day. Guess they got tired of kicking the tires back and forth.

We found them back in camp and they said that they ordered a steering box from the local O'Reilly's and it was going to be delivered from warehouse to the local store the next afternoon. My buddy said his JK was already on the trailer and we were leaving in the morning and they could have the box out of it if they want. Between us we also had a gallon of ATF they could have. That way they could get it fixed first thing in morning in lieu of waiting to see if the box actually showed up in the afternoon. They turned him down, I guess they weren't worried about actually wheeling.

Anyway, not sure why that locker was welded, but I am sure someone had a time and is still telling the story today.

We did that or similar before. Rig broke his draglink. We had one of the folks in front finish out the trail and remove his Currie steering. They ran it back down the trail to swap onto the broken rig. While they were doing that, I ran my rig back to camp, grabbed the spare steering someone had and ran it back around to the top of the trail to swap onto the rig that loaned their steering out. We all got done about the same time and got back to camp just after dark.

 

[KennethS]

What, no trail welding with multiple batteries and jumper cables?

 

[NashvilleTJ]

We did that or similar before. Rig broke his draglink. We had one of the folks in front finish out the trail and remove his Currie steering. They ran it back down the trail to swap onto the broken rig. While they were doing that, I ran my rig back to camp, grapped the spare steering someone had and ran it back around to the top of the trail to swap onto the rig that loaned their steering out. We all got done about the same time and got back to camp just after dark.

That’s what wheelin’ is all about.

 

[CharlesHS]

OUCH....
Look at those carrier bearings....
I am sure the bearing races are just as nasty....
The pinion bearings should also be replaced...

 

[C.J. Roberts]

Roadkill

I don't think so. I've seen Freiburger weld up open diffs several times, but I'm pretty sure that unless that lunchbox was broken, he'd never do that.

 

[TJ Jim]

I don't think so. I've seen Freiburger weld up open diffs several times, but I'm pretty sure that unless that lunchbox was broken, he'd never do that.

Never ever