projectXJ: Can an axle amateur install this TORQ Locker? (Jeep Cherokee XJ, Chrysler 8.25)

Today on Workshop Quick Takes (wqt): A limited-slip differential or a locker is a great feature in at least the rear axle of a 4x4 vehicle, but our Jeep was not fitted with either one. We've never taken apart anything inside a differential case before, so can we install the TORQ-Locker as easily as everyone claims?

Join us in our 2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ as we walk through this process on the Chrysler 8.25 axle, with close-in camera shots and step-by-step review for an amateur. Tools and supplies for this project are fairly basic, but if you're realatively new to axle work as we were, time should be budgeted appropriately. Did it work out? Find out!

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Chapter List:

00:00 Introduction
00:59 Step 1-Check Parts
03:21 Step 2-Rear Wheel Dissasembly
07:26 Step 3-Open the Rear Diff
10:18 Breakout Sesh: Terminology
12:07 Step 4-Oil Recovery
13:45 Step 5-Spider Gear Disassembly
18:38 Step 6-Install TORQ Locker
25:05 Step 7-Reassemble & Fill
26:22 Breakout Sesh: Impressions
27:55 Closing comments