PeteTinga
Newbie
FYI; Beware the Detroit Truetrac is not a LSD in reverse.
I'm thinking not everybody may be aware of this so i thought i would pass this imformation on. I found this out firsthand one day when i was stuck in the bush, i was trying to back out of a tight situation and i looked down at my left rear and it was spinning free as can be, Luckly my situation was'nt so bad i could'nt get out, but people who are considering installing one of these units may not like the the no LSD in reverse factor.
As far as i can tell the Truetrac's heilical gear design only works in one direction, it would have been nice to know this before i bought the thing.
As a sidenote, The one i had in my 12 bolt failed with little effert, i blew the helical gears right out of the weak sister carrier in a situation where
my stock u-joints or driveshaft should have been the weak link. The Truetrac (12 bolt timebomb ) IMO is scarcly worth the time and money. I had one of Detroits Easylockers in there before the Truetrac and what a piece of junk that was (slipping, popping and banging all the time)!!!!! I read somewhere they were made in China with infearier matierials and they don't sell them anymore, i'm not suprised, (I got the Truetrac when i returned the Easylocker) I wonder if the Truetrac isn't made there too ? I'm running a Lockright locker now made in USA, wish i bought from Richmond Gear in the first place ! Cheers
I'm thinking not everybody may be aware of this so i thought i would pass this imformation on. I found this out firsthand one day when i was stuck in the bush, i was trying to back out of a tight situation and i looked down at my left rear and it was spinning free as can be, Luckly my situation was'nt so bad i could'nt get out, but people who are considering installing one of these units may not like the the no LSD in reverse factor.
As far as i can tell the Truetrac's heilical gear design only works in one direction, it would have been nice to know this before i bought the thing.
As a sidenote, The one i had in my 12 bolt failed with little effert, i blew the helical gears right out of the weak sister carrier in a situation where
my stock u-joints or driveshaft should have been the weak link. The Truetrac (12 bolt timebomb ) IMO is scarcly worth the time and money. I had one of Detroits Easylockers in there before the Truetrac and what a piece of junk that was (slipping, popping and banging all the time)!!!!! I read somewhere they were made in China with infearier matierials and they don't sell them anymore, i'm not suprised, (I got the Truetrac when i returned the Easylocker) I wonder if the Truetrac isn't made there too ? I'm running a Lockright locker now made in USA, wish i bought from Richmond Gear in the first place ! Cheers
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