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Apples 01-11-2018 12:01 PM

Dagnabbit! I wanna selectable locker for my 8.8 Super
 
But geee willikers! there don't seem to be any yet available for this 2015+ model year F150 8.8 Super... there's a Torsen made for the Mustang IRS' 8.8 Super, but that is a different diff housing.

Wish I could chuck an OX in there. I like the road manners of the open diff but want a spool for certain sections of slow trail.

Dagnabbit. :-|

PerryB 01-11-2018 08:14 PM

The True-Trac is a very similar design to the Torsen (just slightly simplified) and does a great job for everything except actually hanging a wheel in the air. I have a True-Trac in the '05 and an E-lock in the '13. I like the TT better. Especially in wet or icy conditions. I'm contemplating pulling the E-lock out of the '13 and putting a TT in it's place. Then I want to put a Raptor/Torsen in the front.

Apples 06-13-2018 11:02 AM

Bumpitybump

.30 Al 01-23-2019 06:18 PM


Originally Posted by Apples (Post 5809675)
Bumpitybump

I'm in the same boat. I have a 5.0 running 3.31's in the Super 8.8. After a leveling kit and 35's I'd like to bump up the gears to 4.10's. I feel like changing gears would be pointless w/o also adding a E locker in the rear at the same time since I've been doing a lot more off-roading. I'm arriving at the conclusion that to obtain this I need to swap the Super 8.8 for a 9.75". Has anyone swapped their Super 8.8 for a 9.75"?

chimmike 01-24-2019 08:38 AM

Late posting to this thread too, but does ARB make an air locker? Doesn't get much better than that.

.30 Al 01-24-2019 11:07 AM

Not for the Super 8.8.

Florida_F150 01-24-2019 02:11 PM


Originally Posted by .30 Al (Post 6065245)
I'm in the same boat. I have a 5.0 running 3.31's in the Super 8.8. After a leveling kit and 35's I'd like to bump up the gears to 4.10's. I feel like changing gears would be pointless w/o also adding a E locker in the rear at the same time since I've been doing a lot more off-roading. I'm arriving at the conclusion that to obtain this I need to swap the Super 8.8 for a 9.75". Has anyone swapped their Super 8.8 for a 9.75"?

I swapped my 8.8 with 3.31's for the 9.75 because they didn't make the gears I wanted for the 8.8. (Both my 8.8 and the now-installed 9.75 have the locking diff). I had my off-road shop source the axle for me, do the re-gear, and install it.

WarSurfer 01-24-2019 02:27 PM

a used 9.75 is dirt cheap. if you really screw around, it might take you 3 hours to swap it in. Then you can sell yours for almost as much.

example

Florida_F150 01-24-2019 02:56 PM

Yep. For example, if an F-150 gets in a front-end crash and is totaled out, but the rear end is fine, they sell the axle as the whole assembly.

I had my off-road shop handle it as part of a larger project, and there's a bit of "art" to a re-gear if you want the gears to be silent, so I had them do it. Very happy with it.

.30 Al 01-24-2019 03:11 PM

Yea, that's what I've been doing. Finding salvaged trucks on Craigslist that are being parted out. Only bad thing is people on CL are bad at communicating.


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