Lokka installation on Rodeo, Jackaroo, MU.

got mine installed in the front of my surf in brendale cost $300 and i love it was out the other day showing up a stock cruser had to snatchhim out of the mud and up a hill both of wich i managed with ease, ahhhh life is good

Got one in my MU, around 6 hours, got mine done at the servo, $300 sound about right price.
Works great, but remember you don't have to rev the guts out of your truck to get anywhere, if you do you could brake cv's, I have not done one but people have. It would not stop me from putting one in thought.
Cheers Bruce.

How long depends a lot on your mechanical ability, what you find wrong when it comes apart and whether you fix it or ignore it.
The instructions are clear once everything is in front of you, Setting up the clearances can take a bit of time especially if you have to get shims manufactured to suit. Some shims available on order through holden, I got mine made at work.
Don't just bung it in if the clearances aren't within the tolerances, this will cause grief later.
The hard part is getting the diff out of the car, it requires a fair bit of disasembley to get it out.
While your in there clean, inspect and repack your wheel bearings and locking hubs.
Now would also be the time to replace any of the CV boots that are worn,torn or split and the upper and lower control arm bushings if required.
Also there is a bleep weak little needle bearing that hides on the inside of the hub assembly that is poorly sealed and never greased unless you pull the front end apart. In a magnificent flash of engineering brilliance ISUZU use the stub axle as the inner bearing race for this bearing, so be prepared to find it and the axle race it runs apon totally stuffed, which will require you to replace the bearing ,the seals and the entire axle/CV assembly.
Should also mention Holden are the only ba$tard$ that seem to have the required bearings and seals. Aftermarket axles are available at repco and a few other thieves.
There was a change in the front axle from mid 1995 (IIRC) so if your rodeo was build around then some parts are different to the earlier models (TF series not RA).
I took 2 days (in 43 -45 deg heat :(( ) but I basically overhauled the entire front end, changed all the bearings, CV's, seals, brake pads, bled brakes and anti siezed and greased eveyrthing as it went back together.
I should mention that torsion bars if they've never been apart or had anti sieze applied can be a B@#$#&^^%$ to undo, air tools ie rattle gun and compressor highly recommended.
Having said all that it WAS worth it, as rodeos have limited articulation every time you cock a wheel WITH the Lokka fitted you do keep going, before I used to be stopped dead, steep down hills are much less scary as well, no more tobogan effect every time a wheel comes off the track.
If you have no problems, rust or worn out parts and are mechanically competent you can do this in a day, if your learning and things are worn out and you do need to buy bits and change shims allow a couple of weekends.
Enjoy
Pete

Hi, I had mine installed last week in a 95 triton. I think the front end is a similar setup. Took my mechanic a few hours. Its not a 45 minute job like a website advertises. Longest part was getting the diff out like the previous post stated. We found it easier to remove the left hand side and not both sides cv assembly to get the diff centre out. My first trip (day later) i busted the right hand side cv, and the drive shaft. I had to replace it all with a brand new unit. Lokka cost me $250 install, the repairs cost $320. I think the cv broke because of the way i drove it or was fractured and the lokka added stress to it. I cant comment on it yet if it was a wise move to put a lokka in. I am going to wombat on sunday and if i come back with car intact I will probably have nice words about it. if i break another cv then i think i will take it out, regardless if its because of my driving.

Thankyou all very much for your info. Think it may be above me, so I'll get my mechanic to do the work. He's a mate, so I'll get to help and learn in the process.

Phill