Rubicon e-lockers

Guascone

Guascone

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Hi, is there a way to block the rubicon e-lockers with the high range gears?

Yesterday I was in the snow and to climb a ramp it was useful to have both axle blocked but with high range gears...


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13_gecko_rubi

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Guascone said:
Hi, is there a way to block the rubicon e-lockers with the high range gears?

Yesterday I was in the snow and to climb a ramp it was useful to have both axle blocked but with high range gears...


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I think their is a programmer that does it, superchips I believe. The other way is to run a second switch that triggers the relay. It isn't hard. If you Google you can find it.

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Benito

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Guascone said:
Hi, is there a way to block the rubicon e-lockers with the high range gears?

Yesterday I was in the snow and to climb a ramp it was useful to have both axle blocked but with high range gears...
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You want to have them “locked” in 4hi? You can use a Superchips Flashcal to engage the lockers in 4hi, depending on your year model and transmission you can also shift into a higher gear and get some more wheel speed, with my old ‘13 manual i would put it in 4th gear 4lo and it was almost like was in 1st gear 4hi.
 
BobNH

BobNH

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There are probably hundreds of write ups on this, it has to do with a few changes under the hood for the marginally technically inclined. Relays and bypasses iirc. I have not bothered to look into it because I can't think of a time where I would need lockers and not 4lo.
But the info is out there, and does not require buying a programmer to do it.

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Guascone

Guascone

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I can understand your doubt, but you have to consider that I have a CRD...the maximum RPM range is lower than a gasoline engine also with higer gear ratio...with 4LO at 4 gear, with 3000 RPM ( close to the max engine RPM) I can’t go faster then 10/15 m/h...so you can image that sometime if I need more speed, I must use the 4hi...


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BobNH

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Guascone said:
I can understand your doubt, but you have to consider that I have a CRD...the maximum RPM range is lower than a gasoline engine also with higer gear ratio...with 4LO at 4 gear, with 3000 RPM ( close to the max engine RPM) I can’t go faster then 10/15 m/h...so you can image that sometime if I need more speed, I must use the 4hi...


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We-B-Jeep-N

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I just wired mine to separate switches. They only take 12v to engage them. I did this so I can have them on when ever I chose or so I can have the front active only or just the rear only.


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Guascone said:
Interesting! Can you still see the light on the dashboard?


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The light in the dashboard is just an open/closed contact plunger that is mounted on the diff housing below the e-locker power plug. Mine is not connected because I don’t like the orange lights on my dash. Not sure what the light does if you wire the locker plug direct. What I suspect is factory has a relay that when you push the locker button it sends 1 leg of power through the plunger and when the locker engages it closes the plunger circuit and lights the light. It wouldn’t be difficult to figure out.


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