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- Carlisle, Iowa
There was a discussion in another thread about front or rear locker, Please post thoughts here!
I saw the discussion, but are you asking what is better?
Personally, if I were to upgrade anything on the Xterra using the stock axles, it would be the rear axle. It is an open rear axle, and unless you have a LSD, power is not applied equally to each tire. I see TJM is going to make another option, but I think I would still lean towards an ARB for the stock axle.
A lot of the first gen 4x4s have LSD rear diffs...
I am doing to front first because of the lsd rear. I read on another thread of someone being a yota front diff with a locker and regearing it to match the rear. I think thats my route. Cheaper.
Unless you re-pack the factory LSD, it is pretty useless, especially after the years that it has been trying to do its thing.
The LSD is based on friction, and over time they wear, and were not all that strong to begine with.