I wanna get a posi, I have been reading on line there's a bunch of brands but I want one that will be good to tow with and be stout enough to play with. If you guys could give me some guidance and experance, it would be appreciated.

It sucks when you have to put it in 4 wheels drive to get out of your driveway when its dry.

 

Cheapest route would probably be to find a complete rear end from someone parting out a truck.
Towing isn't really an issue with ant posis that I know of, you're going straight 99% of the time anyway.
Other than that, most posis will do just fine if you're not into 4 wheeling. If you plan to go 4x4 much, I would ship the posi and go to a locker.

 

Lincoln lockers are pretty cheap to get. Some rod and some time.

 

Hey flapper, this is just a thought but it happened to me so I'll share it with you. On my 1st gen 2wd as the mileage climbed I noticed that it wasn't pulling in the dirt as well as when I first got it. Fast forward to needing a repair due to an exploding spider gear. The spiders weren't available unless I bought an entire kit. Had the kit installed, including the new clutches in the rearend. When I got the truck back it would climb a tree it pulled so good. Is it possible you have a posi on the rear already and the clutches are just worn out?

 

Thats a good thought by buddy had that with his truck. I had the cover off mine and I don't have one.

 

if you don't do alot of 4wheelin, i'd go with a posi. otherwise, a detroit locker is probrably your best bet.

 

Only time I am wheelin is when its muddy with a tralior and truck full of wood. I am kind of thinkin about the detroit locker, and the dana posi lock.
I am leaning towards a detroit, because you here alot of good and if I decide to really bomb the truck, it prolly the best to go with.

 

Randy's Ring and Pinion.

 

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I get all my Jeep stuff from them, good service and the prices are hard to beat.

 

yea, the detroit locker is hard to beat. randy's has great customer service.
you setting up the diff yourself? if so, make sure you have all the tools you need.

 

Make sure you have the tool to turn the adjusters.
You can also make your own if you have a welder.
I made mine with a concrete pin and 2 pcs 3/8" rebar, works great

 

Yeah a Detroit is nice, but if your in the same boat as me with a Dana 80 amd 3.54, no Detroit I'd look into a powelok as most trucks came with a trac-lok and they wear out at around 80k.

 

I have a guy that is a tranny guys and he is pretty good and has all the tools

I have a 3.54 gears I didn;t know that made a diffenrence.

 

I have a detroit true-trac from randys ring and pinion for a D80 3.55. its the all gear driven posi. no clutches. they lifted the power input restrictions to it recently. So its supposed to hold up.