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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 08:53 AM
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Truetrac differential install

I've got a Detroit Truetrac on the way. Hoping the days of putting it in 4 wheel to get out of a mud puddle are done, and spinning a tire on wet pavement when trying to accelerate are also done.

Anyone put one in recently? Any recommendations on what else to replace, if anything, while doing it?

Tips on install?

 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 09:37 AM
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Are you putting into a Dana 80 or Sterling 10.5"?
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:09 AM
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I put one in my '02 Excursion, and I can tell you that the days of needing a tow rope are mostly behind you.

that thing locks and unlocks as needed, and let me climb up a 15 degree slimy mud driveway to my sister's house earlier this year.



 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:14 AM
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Are you putting into a Dana 80 or Sterling 10.5"?
It's a SRW F250 so the Sterling 10.5.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:23 AM
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I recently installed one. A Super Shim kit and new carrier bearings.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:25 AM
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It's a SRW F250 so the Sterling 10.5.
Okay. There is a writeup in the Tech Folder that tells you how to do that. I have pasted the link below for your convenience.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:26 AM
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You might want to add a signature line to your posts so people stop asking you basic questions before they answer yours.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:35 AM
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I recently installed one. A Super Shim kit and new carrier bearings.
I need to do more homework on this, the main thing I'm concerned about is backlash/shimming. Never done a differential before. I'll order that shim kit.

By carrier bearing, do you mean the driveshaft carrier bearing? I was thinking of replacing that as I need to shim it for new taller blocks.

Did you replace any of the differential bearings?
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:36 AM
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You might want to add a signature line to your posts so people stop asking you basic questions before they answer yours.
Didn't know that was a thing. I'll give it a shot.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 10:42 AM
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Okay. There is a writeup in the Tech Folder that tells you how to do that. I have pasted the link below for your convenience.
​​​​​​The Tech Folder! Haven't been through there in awhile. Thanks for the link.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 11:35 AM
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You might want to add a signature line to your posts so people stop asking you basic questions before they answer yours.
It'll cut down on some of it, but signatures don't show up on the mobile site. At least they don't for me.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 06:55 PM
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Where about in MT are ya?
TorqueKing 4x4 is in Billings. I bought a good number of parts from them when I did the D60 swap. They are good folks, in my experience.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2024 | 07:30 PM
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Where about in MT are ya?
TorqueKing 4x4 is in Billings. I bought a good number of parts from them when I did the D60 swap. They are good folks, in my experience.
I had their website up earlier looking at shim kits. Didn't realize they were in MT, definitely going with them now. Browns in Billings gave me my transmission a year or so ago, good experience.

I'm about as far from Billings as you can get and still be in MT, NW corner.
 
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The center of the diff is the carrier and those are the bearing he was referring to, not the driveshaft center, i.e carrier, bearing.
 
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Old Nov 17, 2024 | 03:04 AM
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It'll cut down on some of it, but signatures don't show up on the mobile site. At least they don't for me.
They do if you download the app.
 
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