Your switch is up side down, usually up is on and down is off. Great video and the locker should be of great help.

Time for hydro assist! Justified with a locker for sure! Good job, can't wait for "the big job" coming up

you going to love it. i will never have another truck with out a e locker. you just took a already bad ass truck and turned it into a monster.

Nice job Eric! That wrecker may not look like much, BUT, it is one heck of a machine! I like the care that you show when working on it. Some people are the hurry up hammer it together type and that leads to sloppy builds and breakdowns. I didn’t see you taking shortcuts or doing anything half way, you took the time to do it the correct way, maybe even go above and beyond to make sure it holds together. I am gaining a lot of respect for your work!

Awesome to see all 6 tires eating😎 I hope to have my Dodge Sweptline 1 ton 4bt Cummins up n rolling soon!

That front locker saves the day. I've had two vehicles with one and I love it.

Beat that, Matt (Off Road Recovery) Both Matt and Eric are real pros and I love watching them both.

Thanks Fella. Please keep the vids coming.

Woo-Hoo, now we're talking. Nice conclusion to this series. Keep them coming.

That front locker will make a world of difference.. there's some great thumbnail images climbing that 6 foot wall :)

Must be great having seat cover there by your side. That's one wicked built rig! Keep up the good work. Awesome

YOU GOTTA LOVE IT WHEN ALL 6 ARE DIGGIN👍👍

Those inner bolts would do well with tube spacers between the leaf spring retainer plate and the case. The diameter would take the side loads off the bolts. They would have to be within a few thou of right, but well worth it :o)

Mara should probably have some steel toe boots instead of open toe or soft toe shoes for that kind of work

I want to see Eric excited, I don't think I've ever seen him showing any emotion.

@2:22... It's always good to be able to go "Two Nuts Deep"! ;) I still think a set of Radius Arms/Ladder Bars would be a great benefit, to reduce axle-wrap. Excellent video series Eric!

Great video cant wait to see it pull !!!! now you can get extra stuck ! still got that leak at the left rear wheel i see looks like gear oil by the mess it made.

Great job. Looking forward to the next recovery.

looking good keep the videos coming

WTG The ol' wrecker is even more badazz!!! 👍

Nothing like it.. Good job...I have detroits in both ends of my 99f350...awesome!!

That rocks and is very impressive.

i know the vid is a bit back but while watching i noticed what looked like gear oil leaking from the driver side rear at about the 4:16 minute mark, loving the videos and safe journeys to you

Love the upgrade.

Man ole red sure can eat up the hills now. Can't wait to see it pull something!

Looking good my man .

Excellent job!

Yeah. Looks good and seems to help out a fair bit

Looks like all has been said, you know what your doing,thumbs up

Eric, I enjoy the channel, it's fun to watch. I despise battery powered torque wrenches after having the battery die in one in the middle of a cylinder head torque sequence on a Ferrari F4.

Great cluster of do it yourself locker I have a 95 Silverado 1500 it's not an everyday driver I plan to redo the whole exterior to new conditions I also wanna make it a strait axle front with locker front and rear I wanna beef up everything drivetrain wise I'd like to put a 4l80e and everything. Cant wait to see the next video on what you go to recover. I love all your videos but if this is a recovery video like the one you did in the winter I thought that one was the best because you were off site doing some thing new more like an adventure.

that truck is a beast i love it

Yes sir she climb,s good now impressed here💯👍

Nice work!

great job eric!

I love your truck. I want to build one with a Holmes 480 or 500 bed someday. Just a little tip I learned years ago is double rape your zip ties so its easier to cut off without damaging what its holding

Great video

Makes me want a e-locker!

Awesome video buddy!! I Still definitely like my ARB air lockers that I ended up putting in both my front Dana 60 and my rear 14 bolt full floater axel!! I have set them up wear I can just have the front axel ingauged with the back open or vise versa!! The best way I have found to get around when it is really muddy or even really snowy or icy out is just to have the front axel locked in!! It definitely helps to keep your front end wear it belongs and the rear wear it belongs!! I have noticed when having a rear locker engaged it tends to want to come around front of you!! I really don’t think people realize the way a posi traction works?? Heck even when we mud race we just run a front locker and it definitely helps us run are truck around the track and not get out of control!! Awesome video once again buddy!! Sorry I guess I just had to had all the extra!!

Fabulous! Just exactly what that wrecker needed. NOW, Sh1t gets real!

Awesome!

Eric; you need to pay FAB RATS a visit when you go out west as well as Casey's Off Road Recovery.

Right on!!!! Let's go wheelin!!!! Love seat covers safety footwear while.lifting the differential ha ha ha

Had to see this

Hpw about some kind of ARP stud for that right side spring?

Looks like the driver's rear hub seal is leaking. Also might wanna try fine thread bolt the don't back off as easy as a course tread bolt

Hey Eric !!! Might be wrong, but those U-bolts seem to be too long for the spring as looks like they are bottomed out on the threads making them loose when the stress is added to them ?? Being an "OL"" Mom & Pop Mechanic ,, We had trouble with U-bolts on the "OTR"" trailers to keep them tight !! Any movement at all will cause those bolts to break on the other side of the spring too !! Enjoyed the videos !! Have a good week & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!

Cool

11:09 looks like the rear driveshaft was about to dig in.

Will the e locker work on a 92 GMC Sierra front differential cv style

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like a monster truck you need a city block to turn

A locked front end means you can get EXTRA stuck :D

when was the last time you had a oil change on the motor????

Is there any specific reason you chose an electric locker instead of an automatic locker like a detroit?

Time to throw a hydro assist on the ol girl. Kert at diy4x sells caps that have threaded fittings that just replace the caps on your steering box so there is no need to drill and Tap or even remove your steering box to put it together

...in a word...agile ...

Eric! Is there anything you can't do to a truck ?

Are those flip flops, OSHA approved? :) :) :)

The front locker completely ruins the steering unless you have fiddle brakes on the rear axel and then it helps steering. Why? I think the front tyres are both fighting each other and break traction making the whole vehicle turn easier. It did it every time, it wasn’t a fluke.

Where is a good key off place to wire it to

Stretch stretch

You do realize quite a bit more strength would be had on your three bolt setup if you actually set a stud that completely bottomed in each of the three possitions, and then run a nut of the swaged locking variety on those to hold it all together, your length then becomes non issue because you can just trim the stud after everything is tightened down, and your strength overall will increase nearly double using studs,,,,that's why proffessional engine builders use stud kits in the high stress critical areas such as main bearing caps and heads,,,,not to mention I used to run a dana 60 converted into an old Dodge Ramcharger I had built up some years ago, a pretty much built to the nuts 440 bored and stroked out to 525 cubes under the hood running through a NV 4500 trans into a dual transfercase setup using the reduction gearset out of a 203 into a 205 transfer case doubler kit all that running into a GM 14 bolt 1 ton rear fitted with a detroit locker and a dana 60 front fitted with an ARB air locker both running 5:13 gears and 40inch swamper boggers for rubber, and I broke plenty of parts and had the same issues breaking those spring bolts but when I did the stud trick I stopped having any trouble at all with it comming apart,,,,did the same three bolt trick as well as having a heavier thicker top plate built along with the stud trick and problem went away,,,,of course then it started breaking the next weak link,,,, that turned out to be breaking springs at the spring eyes LOL.

Let go and get it done or break sumthin doing it .. LOL

First!!!

Now you’re gonna get stuck worse.

Someone needs engine upgrades or a ls swap lol thing sounds under powered

Seatcover! What are you doing wearing open toe shoes in a garage, much less liften a toe removal weight? Two demerits and 15 push ups. Safety first young lady, you would NOT look sexy with a missing bunch of toes. Nice to see that locker in action, all my lockers never worked that good. I've never tried either the air or electric but I have oft wanted to. Always thought the E would be better that's why the truck I drive now has an E in the rear factory. I think when I put the next trail rig together I'll do an E in both. RV I'm working currently don't care about such.