mini spool HELP!!!
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mini spool HELP!!!
Yes i need help I have a 83 F150 with 351W Pretty much all factory but camper special looks like 1/2 ton suspension. I am tired of the single wheel drive i need both tires spining at all times for cheap$$$. I was thinking of using a mini spool what the pros and cons and how hard are they to install. Thank you for much help.
Joe
PS also how do u measure a rear end?
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83 F150 351W camper special
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PS also how do u measure a rear end?
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83 F150 351W camper special
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From: MINNESOTA
I have a 80 f-150 custom 4x4, 9" with a mini spool.
off road it works great and in a strait line,
in tight turns and parking lots it kinda sucks since there's no diff.
not to bad to install on this axel.
off road it works great and in a strait line,
in tight turns and parking lots it kinda sucks since there's no diff.
not to bad to install on this axel.
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From: Missouri
If you are hauling things and driving this truck in all types of weather you will regret installing a mini spool. If you load the bed down and take a sharp turn your axles will break. I run one but never haul anything and am very careful on the turns. Rain is out of the question. It just stays parked.
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From: Tower MN, Houghton MI
I've been running one for 3 years in my F-150. In the winter, I love it, when its raining, I love it, when its snowing, I love it. The only think I hate about it, is on dry pavement, the "chirp chirp chirp" going around every corner.
I also use the truck to pull my enduro car, I put about 1500lb's of tools and gear in the back, and a good 8,000lbs of railer hooked to it. I've never had a problem.
No breakage what so ever, with 35's and a stock 31 spline 9"
This truck is also a daily driver for the most part.
I also use the truck to pull my enduro car, I put about 1500lb's of tools and gear in the back, and a good 8,000lbs of railer hooked to it. I've never had a problem.
No breakage what so ever, with 35's and a stock 31 spline 9"
This truck is also a daily driver for the most part.
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I have one as well in my 78 F150 460 4x4 w/35s and 31 spline axles. It's mainly an off-road truck, but I do drive it to work and back occasionaly.
I don't have problems in the rain at all, but turning tight corners in snow I do get some slippage. However, a track-lok dif will act exactly the same in snow. There's not enough traction on either wheel to make the track-lok slip. The up side to the mini-spool is that it's predictable. It will ALWAYS react the same way when cornering.
The biggest problem I have with my mini spool is backing up up hill, wheels turned all the way, in gravel. But I think it would do that regardless.
Until I break something, I'm all for mini-spools.
Kevin K.
I don't have problems in the rain at all, but turning tight corners in snow I do get some slippage. However, a track-lok dif will act exactly the same in snow. There's not enough traction on either wheel to make the track-lok slip. The up side to the mini-spool is that it's predictable. It will ALWAYS react the same way when cornering.
The biggest problem I have with my mini spool is backing up up hill, wheels turned all the way, in gravel. But I think it would do that regardless.
Until I break something, I'm all for mini-spools.
Kevin K.
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