Truetrac question.......

Jrose609

Jrose609

Well-known member
This may be a total rookie question........

I have a Truetrac mounted in a Land Rover differential. The diff is in a 5-gallon bucket at the moment. The previous owner thought is was a front truetrac, but he wasn't sure.

Is there a way to tell if a truetrac differential is set up as a front or rear without disassembling the diff?

Funny enough, I did a google search, and I found several posts on PIRATE where Jeepers said it didn't matter if the Truetrac was a front or rear because they work the same. They said it was a marketing ploy for Truetrac to be able to sell front and rear lockers.
 
UnfrozenCaveman

UnfrozenCaveman

Well-known member
Mine's been in the front of the Disco for 14 or 15 years...I think the difference is the installation of the worm gear...I know, it's technically not a work gear, but you know what I'm talking about.

I'll be darned if I remember which way the go.

However...Bill Davis - http://gbrutah.com/ knows :)
 
Jrose609

Jrose609

Well-known member
So, without tearing apart my differential..........is there a way to tell if it is a front or rear?
 
MountainD

MountainD

Technical Excellence Contributor
There wasn't a difference when I got mine as far as I remember. I selected the trutrac for the front and the detroit for the rear---there wasn't an options for "front" or "rear".
 
Daddymow

Daddymow

Well-known member
I bought my Trutrac for my front difff off a forum member and it came out of his rear (diff) I then went on Discoweb and they have instructions on how to switch it around for a front diff.
 
Dan kemper

Dan kemper

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Definitely have to swap the configuration around. I did tris on my last Rangie however I cannot recall how you would be able to tell which it is set up for unless you dive into it.
 
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