Hey all: I recently installed front and rear TrueTracs in my 4runner, with new gears. I have had it on trails only once so far, I love this setup, and will do a short review after I get more trail and snow action.

However, the front TT is not exactly "transparent" as I originally was lead to believe. Its not like driving a locked front end, but not exactly open either - it takes a little more muscle to steer than I thought it would.

So, I wonder if it will get a little more "transparent" after the gears/LSD get broken in... and since I only get about 5% of my driving off-road (its my daily driver too), I also wonder if I could break everything in faster by simply removing the rear drive line, and using the front around town for a couple hundred miles.

Another option if I don't want to muscle the steering during this process, I wonder, might be to use the front drive line only, but only lock one hub at a time. What do you think? Too much stress on the birfs? Thanks for any input.

 

Just realized your talking about a SA...I still wouldnt drive it on the street.
I would say, Keep the hubs unlocked and keep it in 4H the whole time, Same Shiat...

I have no experience or knowledge as to weather or not the TT need to be broken in.

But congrats on the install.
I would just say take it easy on everything for about 500 miles...Thats about it.

 

I just went wheeling with a friend who also has a front tru-track, and I have to say, I was not too impressed with the TT. There were some challenging climbs where he definitely needed to be fully locked, but the TT just wouldn't engage. This was his firts trip with the new 4.88 gears and tru track, so I'm hoping it is a break in thing. We'll have to wait and see, I guess. Good luck on the break in.

 

Oldgold, I don't think your friends TT will grab any better with break-in, my hopes are that mine will actually grab and under-steer a bit less! I have only been on trail once so far, I was very impressed with the grab, especially on very steep climbs. But it was a dry day, and the trail did not have much in the way of off-camber/ruts/large rocks.

I did however do a test in an irrigation ditch. The ditch was about 2 feet deep, and I drove into it at an angle so that i had drivers front and passenger rear tires hanging free. I confirmed that both tires had zero traction by see-sawing it back and forth by hand, and then crawled out of the ditch like it wasn't even there. I will post some video soon.

I think this sort of build strategy is not for everyone (not rock crawling), but based on my limited experience so far, I bet that it would more than suit most people. For my purposes, as a daily driver for snow, and a long range expedition vehicle in nevada and baja, I can't imagine a better set-up No switches to think about, no compressors or lines to break, always on. Hopefully it will also prove to be durable, I have read a few members that have gone through a few of these LSDs...