I’m looking at a “TruTrac” type limited slip rear end for my truck. Anyone have one of these units? Are they good quality, will they perform properly, are they hard to install? They sound great on paper but would love to hear from someone who owns one. I would like to install them in the front and rear if they get good reviews here. I’m not a mud hog just light off road and some towing. The link below is one I found giving some pretty good information. Thanks for the help.
http://www.driveguide.com.au/4wd/2000/000203-OL.html

 

If its the same truetrac that comes in em from the factory, I think you might already have one in the rear. Atleast I'm pretty sure them came with the towing package. I could be wrong. Some guys like to go with the PowerLok that came in the Dana70's from the factory. They work, you just have to drill the ring gear mounting holes bigger. The truetracs don't have all the steels and frictions installed alternating with one another. I guess this was done to cut down on customer complaints of the LSD being to jerky in operation. The clutch packs can be taken out and "restacked" to get better performance out of it. Some say that if you alternate all of them evenly, it works almost as good as a locker.

 

This never came factory. The factory 2nd gen diffs are clutch-type, either a Trak-lok or a Powr-Lok. Some early trucks got the powr-lok (lucky dogs) while the rest of us got stuck with the completely useless Trak-lok.

The True-Trac is a gearless torque-biasing differential, which works very differently than the clutch-type LSDs offered.


I'm looking at the True Trac to replace the Trak-lok my truck already has. There aren't very many options for the HO trucks. You basically either have to get a TrueTrac, a Detroit Locker, or an ARB-- and obviously the True Trac is most useful in normal driving, with the full-up lockers being better off-road.

Justin

 

I would not run a true-trac in the rear of a truck with this much power....I ran one in the front of my toyota and loved it. It was close to a locker but was easy on the axle shafts.
My choice for a rear end is either the Detroit Locker (Soft Locker) or a full spool. Obviously we cant easily run a spool on the street, so that leaves you with the Detroit Soft Locker. People say they are harsh, but they really are not. If you want positive power, go with the detroit in the rear and the true-trac in the front.....This will give you the best of all worlds.

 

I'm sorry, I got the truetrac and traklok confused then.