Help identifying this Sure Grip

[mrbone]

Hi guys,
Having trouble identifying which Sure Grip this is.
Picked it up on Craigslist but can't figure out which type.
Listed as a Detroit, but I don't think so.

Also, is there any way to test it before I install?

THANKS!!

 

[33 IMP]

I doesn't look like a clutch or cone type. Looks like a locker to me. Mine is in my car, or i could tell you for sure.
It looks exactly like pictures of a locker on gargle. Sale price $560 just for the locker.

 

[mrbone]

Thanks, yes it is.
I identified it as a Detroit Locker PN: 187SL14A (Detroit Locker Chrysler 8.75" 30 Spline).
It is listed as 'out of stock', so not sure if it is discontinued.
https://www.drivetrainamerica.com/187sl14a-detroit-locker-chrysler-8-75-30-spline-dodge/

Anybody have any insight or experience with this?

 

[Cranky]

Never messed with one but hear they make noise when turning....

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Noise turning is the ratcheting of the clutch... Doesn’t make any noise if you give it a little gas... Well Ok, it locks so one tire has to slip so really the is noise... Just not from the differential..

 

[Cranky]

Noise turning is the ratcheting of the clutch... Doesn’t make any noise if you give it a little gas... Well Ok, it locks so one tire has to slip so really the is noise... Just not from the differential..

If you want to call that thing a clutch lol

 

[john-9]

yes Detroit Locker -- keep it --- best unit out there for a serious street driven car -- you should have no noise when turning as this is the updated unit called a Soft Locker as denoted with the S in the part number -- works the same 100% lock up but a lot quieter than the old units.
i've built a few for fellows and they really like them.
as far as a bench check -- lock one of you axles in a vice and slide the unit over the splines ,, install the other axle in the other side and rotate it in either direction and you should here a ratcheting noise then rotate it back opposite of the initial direction and you should feel it lock up -- make sure the unit is oiled up internally to make this test go smooth.

 

[mrbone]

Thanks a Bunch!! Beep Beep!

 

[33 IMP]

Jegs shows them in stock, marked down a $100 to around $560. If you got that pumpkin for anything under $700, you stole it.

 

[mrbone]

Then I am NOT going to share what I paid for it..
;- )