Installing Eaton true trac

[GMFORLIFE]

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[gpmorgan]

I see he was wrong about the factory shims. I've done two of these rear ends and used the factory shims on both and had a lot better looking gear pattern than that.

 

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[gpmorgan]

I used the tru-trac with the clutches in the ones I did. Both were 10 bolt. I'm really pleased with the way they work.

 

[87scotty]

So of one wheels in the air it does give power to the one on the ground correct

 

[77 K20]

So of one wheels in the air it does give power to the one on the ground correct

No- it doesn't lock completely. There needs to be some traction on a tire before it can transfer it to the other. (anything times zero is still zero).

However- a light application of your brakes will give the tire in the air "traction" and will cause the other tire on the ground to turn.

 

[77 K20]

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This shows brake modulation with a truetrac

 

[rpcraft]

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This shows brake modulation with a truetrac

So, pardon my lack of knowledge on the lockup specifics, does something like a G80 lock in the same manner with brake modulation?

 

[77 K20]

So, pardon my lack of knowledge on the lockup specifics, does something like a G80 lock in the same manner with brake modulation?

The G80 has to have one tire spin faster than the other before it "catches" and then will lock them together. So there is no advantage to using your brakes. I've had 3 of them so far- one in a ZR2, one in a GMC Typhoon (I think anyway), and one in my Silverado.
In the ZR2 I used it quite a bit offroad. In theory it was supposed to engage once one tire does 100 RPM more than the other. There was a few times when it was stuck and leaning heavily to the side where that wheel spin RPM seemed to be a lot higher. And then it engaged with some violence. But it never broke.

They do all right although some hate them. They can shatter/explode if you have horrible luck/or are a *******.

Here is an old video- but with squares that shows a bit about them.

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[87scotty]

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This shows brake modulation with a truetrac

Neat that's probably better up front and a real locker in the back

 

[77 K20]

Neat that's probably better up front and a real locker in the back

That is the setup I have. True trac up front, Detroit locker in the back. There is only once where I had to use the brakes to stop a front tire from spinning and force it to send power to the other tire. Although this wasn't too long after I bought it. They claim that eventhough there isn't a "break in" period after a while the gears wear into their pockets a bit better and performance will improve slightly.

This was where I had issues:

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Doesn't look like much going down it. But on the return trip it was raining heavily. Rocks were wet/slick. There is a series of stair steps coming up out of it. That bottom step is 16"-17" or so. Couldn't get the back tires up over it. One of my front tires was on top of a large wet slick rock and spun while the other tire in some mud just sat there. After a few angles and then using the brakes I made it up.

 

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[78C10BigTen]

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Well now aint that sumpin!! I always wondered why it was called a FF. I like the way you can swap axles in no time at all! Ima just learnded sumfin!!