detroit tru trac
03-29-2006, 04:27 PM
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Re: detroit tru trac NOW Richmond units
You really don't want to run any locker inside a Dana 35c. Its
axleshafts aren't strong enough to handle the doubled (literally
doubled) amount of stress they would see on the trail. A broken Dana
35c is the most common result of installing any kind of locker.
Jerry
billy ray wrote:
> What about the Richmond PowerTrax Lock-Right and No-slip units in a Dana
> 35c?. Anyone using them? Benefits? Drawbacks?
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@***.net> wrote in message
> news:rszWf.14517$6a1.7900@fed1read04...
>
>>I used to run front and rear Truetracs in my '97 TJ. First, they are
>>'very' strong, no worries about that. Next, they are 'very' good
>>(outstanding!) for slick road use... ice, snow, etc.. And as was already
>>said, they don't need any special additives (friction modifiers) to work
>>like the Jeep Tracloc requires.
>>
>>Where they are next to useless is on a difficult offroad trail where you
>>don't always have all four tires on the ground. In those situations, they
>>are little better than an open differential. Even using the usual
>>"tricks" like applying the brake to help them work better doesn't work
>>well in those situations, I have years of trying to help them work better
>>in those situations. That's why I eventually swapped both of my Truetracs
>>out for front and rear lockers.
>>
>>So for onroad use, the Truetrac is outstanding. For offroad use where all
>>four tires wil not always be on the ground, a Truetrac is not much help at
>>all. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>--
>>Jerry Bransford
>>PP-ASEL N6TAY
>>See the Geezer Jeep at
>>http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
axleshafts aren't strong enough to handle the doubled (literally
doubled) amount of stress they would see on the trail. A broken Dana
35c is the most common result of installing any kind of locker.
Jerry
billy ray wrote:
> What about the Richmond PowerTrax Lock-Right and No-slip units in a Dana
> 35c?. Anyone using them? Benefits? Drawbacks?
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@***.net> wrote in message
> news:rszWf.14517$6a1.7900@fed1read04...
>
>>I used to run front and rear Truetracs in my '97 TJ. First, they are
>>'very' strong, no worries about that. Next, they are 'very' good
>>(outstanding!) for slick road use... ice, snow, etc.. And as was already
>>said, they don't need any special additives (friction modifiers) to work
>>like the Jeep Tracloc requires.
>>
>>Where they are next to useless is on a difficult offroad trail where you
>>don't always have all four tires on the ground. In those situations, they
>>are little better than an open differential. Even using the usual
>>"tricks" like applying the brake to help them work better doesn't work
>>well in those situations, I have years of trying to help them work better
>>in those situations. That's why I eventually swapped both of my Truetracs
>>out for front and rear lockers.
>>
>>So for onroad use, the Truetrac is outstanding. For offroad use where all
>>four tires wil not always be on the ground, a Truetrac is not much help at
>>all. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>--
>>Jerry Bransford
>>PP-ASEL N6TAY
>>See the Geezer Jeep at
>>http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
03-29-2006, 04:27 PM
#12
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Re: detroit tru trac NOW Richmond units
You really don't want to run any locker inside a Dana 35c. Its
axleshafts aren't strong enough to handle the doubled (literally
doubled) amount of stress they would see on the trail. A broken Dana
35c is the most common result of installing any kind of locker.
Jerry
billy ray wrote:
> What about the Richmond PowerTrax Lock-Right and No-slip units in a Dana
> 35c?. Anyone using them? Benefits? Drawbacks?
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@***.net> wrote in message
> news:rszWf.14517$6a1.7900@fed1read04...
>
>>I used to run front and rear Truetracs in my '97 TJ. First, they are
>>'very' strong, no worries about that. Next, they are 'very' good
>>(outstanding!) for slick road use... ice, snow, etc.. And as was already
>>said, they don't need any special additives (friction modifiers) to work
>>like the Jeep Tracloc requires.
>>
>>Where they are next to useless is on a difficult offroad trail where you
>>don't always have all four tires on the ground. In those situations, they
>>are little better than an open differential. Even using the usual
>>"tricks" like applying the brake to help them work better doesn't work
>>well in those situations, I have years of trying to help them work better
>>in those situations. That's why I eventually swapped both of my Truetracs
>>out for front and rear lockers.
>>
>>So for onroad use, the Truetrac is outstanding. For offroad use where all
>>four tires wil not always be on the ground, a Truetrac is not much help at
>>all. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>--
>>Jerry Bransford
>>PP-ASEL N6TAY
>>See the Geezer Jeep at
>>http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
axleshafts aren't strong enough to handle the doubled (literally
doubled) amount of stress they would see on the trail. A broken Dana
35c is the most common result of installing any kind of locker.
Jerry
billy ray wrote:
> What about the Richmond PowerTrax Lock-Right and No-slip units in a Dana
> 35c?. Anyone using them? Benefits? Drawbacks?
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@***.net> wrote in message
> news:rszWf.14517$6a1.7900@fed1read04...
>
>>I used to run front and rear Truetracs in my '97 TJ. First, they are
>>'very' strong, no worries about that. Next, they are 'very' good
>>(outstanding!) for slick road use... ice, snow, etc.. And as was already
>>said, they don't need any special additives (friction modifiers) to work
>>like the Jeep Tracloc requires.
>>
>>Where they are next to useless is on a difficult offroad trail where you
>>don't always have all four tires on the ground. In those situations, they
>>are little better than an open differential. Even using the usual
>>"tricks" like applying the brake to help them work better doesn't work
>>well in those situations, I have years of trying to help them work better
>>in those situations. That's why I eventually swapped both of my Truetracs
>>out for front and rear lockers.
>>
>>So for onroad use, the Truetrac is outstanding. For offroad use where all
>>four tires wil not always be on the ground, a Truetrac is not much help at
>>all. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>--
>>Jerry Bransford
>>PP-ASEL N6TAY
>>See the Geezer Jeep at
>>http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
03-29-2006, 04:27 PM
#13
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Re: detroit tru trac NOW Richmond units
You really don't want to run any locker inside a Dana 35c. Its
axleshafts aren't strong enough to handle the doubled (literally
doubled) amount of stress they would see on the trail. A broken Dana
35c is the most common result of installing any kind of locker.
Jerry
billy ray wrote:
> What about the Richmond PowerTrax Lock-Right and No-slip units in a Dana
> 35c?. Anyone using them? Benefits? Drawbacks?
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@***.net> wrote in message
> news:rszWf.14517$6a1.7900@fed1read04...
>
>>I used to run front and rear Truetracs in my '97 TJ. First, they are
>>'very' strong, no worries about that. Next, they are 'very' good
>>(outstanding!) for slick road use... ice, snow, etc.. And as was already
>>said, they don't need any special additives (friction modifiers) to work
>>like the Jeep Tracloc requires.
>>
>>Where they are next to useless is on a difficult offroad trail where you
>>don't always have all four tires on the ground. In those situations, they
>>are little better than an open differential. Even using the usual
>>"tricks" like applying the brake to help them work better doesn't work
>>well in those situations, I have years of trying to help them work better
>>in those situations. That's why I eventually swapped both of my Truetracs
>>out for front and rear lockers.
>>
>>So for onroad use, the Truetrac is outstanding. For offroad use where all
>>four tires wil not always be on the ground, a Truetrac is not much help at
>>all. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>--
>>Jerry Bransford
>>PP-ASEL N6TAY
>>See the Geezer Jeep at
>>http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
axleshafts aren't strong enough to handle the doubled (literally
doubled) amount of stress they would see on the trail. A broken Dana
35c is the most common result of installing any kind of locker.
Jerry
billy ray wrote:
> What about the Richmond PowerTrax Lock-Right and No-slip units in a Dana
> 35c?. Anyone using them? Benefits? Drawbacks?
>
>
> "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@***.net> wrote in message
> news:rszWf.14517$6a1.7900@fed1read04...
>
>>I used to run front and rear Truetracs in my '97 TJ. First, they are
>>'very' strong, no worries about that. Next, they are 'very' good
>>(outstanding!) for slick road use... ice, snow, etc.. And as was already
>>said, they don't need any special additives (friction modifiers) to work
>>like the Jeep Tracloc requires.
>>
>>Where they are next to useless is on a difficult offroad trail where you
>>don't always have all four tires on the ground. In those situations, they
>>are little better than an open differential. Even using the usual
>>"tricks" like applying the brake to help them work better doesn't work
>>well in those situations, I have years of trying to help them work better
>>in those situations. That's why I eventually swapped both of my Truetracs
>>out for front and rear lockers.
>>
>>So for onroad use, the Truetrac is outstanding. For offroad use where all
>>four tires wil not always be on the ground, a Truetrac is not much help at
>>all. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>--
>>Jerry Bransford
>>PP-ASEL N6TAY
>>See the Geezer Jeep at
>>http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
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