Mauzer
Pitter Patter. Lets Get at Er
No prob, this gives me leverage so I can tell the woman I have to meet up to give you your parts :thumbsup:
Yotarob's 86 4runner build
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No prob, this gives me leverage so I can tell the woman I have to meet up to give you your parts :thumbsup:
yotarob
Kiss My IFS
Same guy I bought the T-bars off of has a 4.88 front diff with a Detroit true track, he is asking $300 plus shipping but it has been for sale for awhile & I think I can get him lower. He actually PM'd me about it. What do you guys think? I wouldn't be able to install it until I got a R&P for the rear. I think If I can get it for $250-300 shipped then I would do it. Opinions on the price?
Sounds like a good deal. Price is way less than the cost of gears + locker + install.
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
It's a good price, but I'd rather have a locker due to the fact that one of the front tires is almost guaranteed to go airborne when the extra traction is needed.
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
The truetrac is a gear driven limmited slip diff. It will have no effect at all while the hubs are unlocked.
It's an LSD that works using helical gears instead of a friction plate, so it will work alot better than others.
Should be way less stressful than a locker.
It is in my opinion. You won't have to put special gear oil in the diff either.
Cool
I've never really had much interest in LSD diffs before, but I was reading the manual for the Tru Trac, and it looks like if works alot like an auto locker.
http://www.eaton.com/ecm/groups/public/@pub/@eaton/@per/documents/content/ct_128482.pdf
yotarob
Kiss My IFS
I could also think about it as on the conservative side a R&P set would be at least $150 & install would be at least $100 so what ever I pay over $250 is for the true-trac. Even if I paid his asking price of $300 + shipping from Tennessee ($50?) I would get the LSD for $100. I am sure I can talk him down on that. Lets face it 4.88 gears are in my future anyways right?
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
I say buy it, If you end up wanting a front locker its not that hard to swap carriers if the gears are already set up.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I have a Tru Trac in the rear of the 4Runner and for 95% of the trails you would swear its a locker.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna put one in the front end of my 4Runner.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I'll be selling my TruTrac in the very near future. Just FYI.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Nothing noticeable... I swore it was a locker the first 2 days I wheeled it. The 3rd I seized a tire in between some rocks and discovered it was not a locker. But its pretty damn impressive.
yotarob
Kiss My IFS
Some pics of my Downey 26mm torsion bars. The guy I bought them from was nice enough to give me all of his orginal parts that he didn't need so that gave me the chance to clean up and paint all of the parts before I started taking things apart. The bars themselves where in great shape, I barely even needed to wipe them down. I was glad to find them & happy to pay $100 for them since I have always been a huge fan of Downey products & they are no longer in business. I got these installed yesterday with some help from Mauzer, Thanks bud! I didn't take any after pics, I'll try to get some today.
