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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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Howdy! I just had my rear axle rebuilt. I decided to get a Ford trac-lock from Jeff's BG. My mechanic said that when he looked it up, the ford manual said to use regular gear oil, no friction modifier. He thought it was a little funny. Is this right? I could use an answer ASAP. I have to pick it up in a couple hours.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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You need the modifier as it keeps the gear oil from foaming up or that's what I have been told.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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Ford's trac-lock requires the friction modifier. If you drive it for long without it, you'll burn the clutches up.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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Wherever he looked it up is wrong lol, the friction modifier is required with the trac loc.
 
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Thanks for the help! I'll have to get him to drain it and add ther friction midifier on Sat. I don't have much choice but to drive it till then. Will I be OK? I hate to think of the $$$ I just spent going to heck! I'll probably only put on a couple hundred miles till then. Thanks again everybody!
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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I have put a little over 30,000 miles on my rear without friction modifier. No problems yet, but I guess I had better put some in.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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Well I'll get this taken care of soon. It's real nice driving around w/o all the slop. I kept blaming the slip joint. The spider gears were shot so I went with the trac loc. When the snow hits I'll be glad I did. Again, thanks for all the help. I sometimes post in a panic and forget to thank everybody. This is a great community.
 
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