>Weddle Eng. sells LockRite auto-locking rear diffs for buses, 1968-1991 for >IRS bus or vanagons. 2 models, #1310/1311, for 2 or 4 spider gears (4 is >stronger than two) price was $311/$345 (or jobbers prices $264/$293). I >think the install costs about the same again. Cool! Those aspiring to own the bottomless money-pit called the Syncro, such as myself, take note: This will get you about 90% of the potential traction of the Syncro (because a viscous coupling is not capable of transferring full power forward, it's rare to lose traction under more than two wheels, &c.). For about $700 installed, Tim sez. A locker is the primary performance upgrade among serious offroaders, and a 2WD with a locker will out-perform a 4WD with open diffs under most offroad conditions. This opens up the possibility of a serious offroad aircooled camper for about seven hundred dollars (er, not including the Westy you already own). This is exciting... --Ken '71 Bus, '68 Westy
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