TrueTrac vs. Locker
05-06-2003, 03:42 PM
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TrueTrac vs. Locker
Hi
If you had to choose either A or B, what would it be, and why?
A) TrueTrac limited slip differentials both front and rear.
B) Rear locker.
This is for the kind of wheeling that YOU do. What would work best for you?
If you had to choose either A or B, what would it be, and why?
A) TrueTrac limited slip differentials both front and rear.
B) Rear locker.
This is for the kind of wheeling that YOU do. What would work best for you?
05-06-2003, 04:56 PM
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Locker.
Less money, less hassle and more predictable off road.
IMHO, the LS combination could potentially put the vehicle back in a mode of two wheel drive in different situations. Also, the LS needs an additive or special gear lubes.
Locker, although noisy on the street, is going to give you 99% surety of a locked rear axle off road.
If there was a third choice and funding was available, selectable is now the way to go these days. In other rigs I have had LS and a few Detroit Lockers, the ARB that I have in my 4Runner is sweet. I feel like Daniel-San off road "lock on, lock off, lock on, lock off".
Mike
Less money, less hassle and more predictable off road.
IMHO, the LS combination could potentially put the vehicle back in a mode of two wheel drive in different situations. Also, the LS needs an additive or special gear lubes.
Locker, although noisy on the street, is going to give you 99% surety of a locked rear axle off road.
If there was a third choice and funding was available, selectable is now the way to go these days. In other rigs I have had LS and a few Detroit Lockers, the ARB that I have in my 4Runner is sweet. I feel like Daniel-San off road "lock on, lock off, lock on, lock off".
Mike
05-06-2003, 05:29 PM
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Originally posted by Glenn
TrueTrac's don't need any special additive or oil. They are gear driven, and use the same oil that any open differential uses.
TrueTrac's don't need any special additive or oil. They are gear driven, and use the same oil that any open differential uses.
A combination that I think would be the middle ground between two LS and two lockers would be the LS up front and a true locker out back. Then again, I live in AZ where for the most part, icy / snowy roads don't make such devices a consideration for the most part.
Still, I have to say, rear locker between the two choices...
Mike
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The detroit locker is a carrier replacement locker which means that you have to have a shop install it($$$) since it involves removing the ring gear and attaching the ring gear to the soft locker case. The Lock Right or even the Detroit EZ Locker install inside the factory carrier case so you do not need to remove the ring gear from it.
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Originally posted by azrain
A combination that I think would be the middle ground between two LS and two lockers would be the LS up front and a true locker out back.
A combination that I think would be the middle ground between two LS and two lockers would be the LS up front and a true locker out back.
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