Were you able to replace your actuator? Did you do this work or have it done? If you did it, do you have a process that can be shared? Did this solve the problem?
Not sure what the weather is like where you live, but I wouldn't drive around with axle locked full time. If the sensor went bad it probably defaults to unlocked, in which case you are 100% fine to drive on the street. A locked diff on the street would be sketchy at best, especially if conditions get slick. In rain or snow in 2wd you'll likely fishtail. You will know if the rear is locked. Just go around a turn. If it's locked the tires are going to squeal an scrape since both axles are locked together and while turning the outside wheel tries to turn faster than the inside but can't. Foot off the gas, slow tight turn. You'll know right away. If you can't tell, it's not locked and you're good.I just posted in another thread on the same topic (just noticing how many different threads there are on it) that we were just told yesterday that we need a new rear axle on our 2020 JLUR due to the failed sensor, and that they are back ordered until at least the end of December... They told us the obvious in that it's safe to drive with the axel locked, so we're going to go pick it up while we wait, but it's far from ideal to daily drive it that way. If I'd have done more research and found the threads on this issue before we bought ours, I definitely would have not pulled the trigger. I'm still mind blown that they haven't come out with a replacement part that fixes this yet and they just keep putting more of the same axles on both new and "fixed" Rubis. So it's literally just a waiting game for when this will happen again and again.
Thanks, I definitely appreciate the insight. I've read mixed reviews of the z locker on here with some people saying that it worked perfectly, then others that it worked initially but then stopped, and then others that it didn't do anything. So I'm skeptical to spend the money on it, but may bite the bullet anyway.
Hi Justin,I just posted in another thread on the same topic (just noticing how many different threads there are on it) that we were just told yesterday that we need a new rear axle on our 2020 JLUR due to the failed sensor, and that they are back ordered until at least the end of December... They told us the obvious in that it's safe to drive with the axel locked, so we're going to go pick it up while we wait, but it's far from ideal to daily drive it that way. If I'd have done more research and found the threads on this issue before we bought ours, I definitely would have not pulled the trigger. I'm still mind blown that they haven't come out with a replacement part that fixes this yet and they just keep putting more of the same axles on both new and "fixed" Rubis. So it's literally just a waiting game for when this will happen again and again.
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I've had mine replaced - TWICE - each time with the same PN. Parts replaced: CH68416518-AA; CH68401895. 2019 Rubicon.
Did they replace the whole axle or just parts of the rear diff. My dealer is just doing the rear diff and I'm schedule for next week.
