JLTD

That's a pretty durn good "I know what I'm doing" story!

montanaman

You are in luck - a standard 8.8 cover fits on all the 8.8 front diff's.

I bought mine from a company called Purple Cranium.

150ECO

I'd have installed a spool

mass-hole

I have thought about this but I really have no justification for it with my truck. I have not been in a situation where 4x4 and the elocker couldn’t get me through.

i am planning on doing a trutrac in the Dana 30 in the front of my Jeep Liberty, just trying to decide if I wanna go trutrac or locker in the rear.

montanaman

That's good Ha Ha - spools are great in the rear end of a stock car on a dirt track, but if you put one in the front of one of these trucks it'd take maybe halfway aound the block and you would be pulling it out

montanaman

Isn't it nice having the Jeep, where Eaton makes a front end TruTrac?

If they would have made one for my truck it would have been my first choice, although I'm glad I put in the one engineered for Ford 1/2 tons.

150ECO

you should never engage your 4WD on dry grippy surfaces and as funny as it sounds that's why a spool is an excellent option in the snow, mud, or any other slippery surface

johnday in BFE

iTrader: (1)

True about the engaging on dry surfaces. Sometimes though, a locker can be hard to turn as well, I've been put in the pickers a few times in a big truck with everything locked.
I also found out years ago in my olde Power Wagon with a locker, locked out in 4X4, it helped to purposely get the tires broke loose in mud/snow, so the bloody would turn.
I do know guys with spools in their cars, they have a bit of a time keeping tires on them.

CO Raptor

It could be an option at low speeds but many of us run highway speeds in the snow and a spool, or any other locker is dangerous at speed on slippery surfaces. Truly the best set up is an open diff with the option of locking. LSDiffs are a compromise at best but will give you better traction. The problem is, you can not control when or where it decides to give you more traction. In the snow or mud on an off camber surface LSD or lockers can cause you to slide sideways where an open diff will track better as one wheel stays at road speed.

For extreme stuff locked is best. For general road use LSDiffs and lockers sound cool but rarely are an improvement over 4x4 and traction control. Letting the TC brake the spinning wheel has the exact same effect as letting the differential do it and in most case is more effective since it can brake one side to a stop if need be. I have owned and wheeled lots of rigs with full lockers. One of the most impressive though was open front and rear with sophisticated traction control, I liked that a LOT better than the Power Wagon I had.

Just be careful what you wish for.

Deathroe

Our trucks have one wheel spin control in the front.