well im orderin my trucrac and i was wonderin should i go on and het the package deal with bearings shims and gasket n all that good stuff or just get the truetrac?

im excited so i wanted to say its goin with my 3.73s! and in a couple weeks ill have me longtubes and cutout installed! should i put the cutout in my y pipe? or right after?

 

STOP! Collaborate and listen! Seriously, why the tru-trac? Do you do mainly street driving and in dry conditions? If so, it's perfect for you. If you do any driving in rain, greasy roads or mild off-road, you may not be so impressed. TORSEN style differenetials work off torque multiplication. In short, if the right rear tire has ZERO resistance (such as ice, snow, greasy mud, wet wet rain) the left rear isn't going to do **** when the right rear breaks loose. I had one of these diff's in my sonoma for years and the only way it'd work in bad terrain or snow was to apply the ebrake slightly to "trick" the right rear tire into thinking it had a slight amount of traction. The diff has a torque bias ratio of x. X=whatever bias you ordered. Mine was 1.5. If I had 50 lbs of resistance to the right rear, the left got 75. If I broke the tire loose like on snow or ice, 0 times 1.5 is still ZERO

 

i rarely drive in rain and i cant even drive in grass without gettin stuck so i should be ok with that... whats this bias ratio? im gettin ready to order but havent seen that yet

 

I haven't looked into the 8.5/8.6 tru tracs to find out but the tru trac is a torque multiplying rear end with worm gears. The bias ratio is the ratio of torque the worm gears can xfer between axles.

 

well maybe itll be generic or sumtin... should i get bearings n all with it?

 

Better check in who you're buying it from


" The Detroit Truetrac® uses gears only - no clutch packs. It is ideal for 4WD front axles. It features torque bias ratios from 2.5 to 3.5:1 range.
There are several other manufacturers of geared-LSDs including Torsen and Quaiffe. Other LSD designs employ clutch plates to affect a similar operation, albeit at much lower torque bias ratios. Also, clutch-type LSDs require special additives in the gear oil to operate and are subject to wear and periodic maintenance."


http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/TrueTrac.shtml

 

so you dont like truetracs ehh?

 

i love my tru-trac. i would go ahead and get a bearing install kit also. just be sure to not use synthetic oil. i have yet to have it not lock up. easy or hard accell wet or dry. like it better then the auburn in my old truck and the eaton's i have drove before.

 

i love my true trac. i don't really know what hirdlej is talking about - my true trac locks right up in the snow and rain and what not. never had a problem at all.

 

well i got impatient and went on and ordered it. got the bearing kit too so we should be good!