Both have a round hole on the pin end and a slightly oblong hole on the spring end. The hole pattern has the same radius, the pins are effectively the same diameter. Not sure there's a whole lot of notable difference here. Next post I'll talk about how the pins and springs fit together in the drivers. It did stack up even another few thousands thicker than the Aussie so it should fit snugly in the carrier and land well within spec. The Torq boldly claims "no measurements" in their sales literature and while elimination of the spacers does eliminate one measurement, the installation manual still dictates a driver gap spacing requirement of 0.145-0.175" which allows for 0.005" more spacing not exactly "no measurement". Since they have identical driver spacing requirements of 0.145-0.170", the Aussie's slightly larger dimensions are likely better for someone with an older (more worn) carrier or like me, who apparently has an almost new carrier that just isn't tight enough for a LockRight to work. What DOES appear to make an observable difference, and I believe is a make-or-break deal for me in particular, is that the total stackup of the locker assembly is 0.023" larger for the Aussie than the LockRight by adding up the components (0.030 when I actually measure them assembled.maybe the way the teeth engage adds a little?), and if you saw my other threads about this, my LockRight wasn't working because it was too loose in the carrier. I could speculate that the Aussie ends up putting more force into locking up but requires slightly more carrier rotation to do so. I imagine this probably has some impact on lockup behavior but I don't know what and I won't find out since I won't be able to drive with both of them. The crosspin ramp hole is somewhat significantly different in width, which changes the slope that the drivers ride on the crosspin to lock up. The Aussie teeth are also slightly deeper so the driver has to push against the springs just a hair farther to ratchet. The Aussie driver is slightly smaller which results in a small decrease in the cross section of the tooth, but I'm not aware of teeth stripping out as a failure mode so whatever the Aussie has seems to be enough. The teeth are close enough that each coupler (the replacement for the side gear) will mate with the other manufacturers driver, and vice versa, without any perceptible difference in engagement.
The LockRight has more chamfered edges which gives it a slightly more finished appearance but I don't expect it makes any difference to operation or installation Most of the differences are very minor, so small as to be imperceptible without calipers.
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