Honestly-- I wouldn't waste money on the 7.5. Find you an 8.8. You can get one that's 3.73 LSD If you're lucky. And you would have a posi track and geared right.. If you look you can find an explorer being parted out. Grab the rear axle out of it.
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If you're an idiot who can't drive, maybe lockers aren't for you. They're completely predictable, gas=locked. I've never found myself in a bad situation that wasn't caused by myself dicking around, and we get a lot of rain around here and my truck makes some decent power. I also like my tires.With an automatic locker (such as a lock right, detroit, etc.), you go into the turn coasting, and the locker unlocks. The axles are spinning at different speeds and you automatically account for this as you steer the vehicle into the apex of the corner. Now, as you get into the gas to exit the corner... wham!, the locker engages, suddenly locking the shafts together. So either the truck tries to understeer (push), or the back end wants to break loose. Either way, you have to immediately correct to keep keep the truck pointed where you want it to. This is something that you need to be aware of, and can be a big handful, especially in rain, snow, or other slippery conditions. The shorter the wheelbase of the vehicle, the more of an issue this is.
The single dumbest setup for a daily driver is a spool. The second worst for a DD is a Locker (LocRite, Aussie or Detroit). One of the better options for a DD is the Eaton Detroit Truetrac at about $450. The cheapest would be the Ford Trac-loc limited slip.
When I regeared my 2wd Ranger, I went to an Explorer 8.8 rear and a TrueTrac LS.
Like I said guys - Daily Driver. All you spool and locker fans out there are putting up with hell 99% of the time so that the 1% of the time you need a locker - you have it.
Dumb IMO.
Like I said guys - Daily Driver. All you spool and locker fans out there are putting up with hell 99% of the time so that the 1% of the time you need a locker - you have it.
Dumb IMO.
I'm in total agreement! Never knew there was a problem with having one, Mine is/was strickly a DD for the bad Wisconsin winter, 80 mile a day round trip. The "Np-Slip" is the more street friendly version of the Lock-Rite. Install was real easy.Thats a bullsheet generalization. Thank you very much.
If I had to put up "with hell 99% of the time" I would have switched back to a Ford Trac-Lok limitedd slip, oh say, I dunno like 50k miles ago.
Don't act like you know everything. I hope your opinions come from experience, b/c thats where mine come from.
I daily drive my truck every damn day of the year, mixed driving, snow, rain, traffic, freeway 60 miles no matter what. And guess what, my No-Slip has been the BEST $480 I've spent on my pickup. 100% of the time, on road or off.
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Cheapest would be welding, but I went with my homemade limited slip: I added an extra used side gear [ not sure of terminology ] washer to my conventional rear. When fresh it's pretty close to a locker. And you can do it to the front as well.
Richard