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I have a feeling you're thinking about the same thing I wasNah, I'll pass.
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I have a feeling you're thinking about the same thing I wasNah, I'll pass.
Because if you don't you will break literally everything. Think of the "wheel scrubbing" you're describing experiencing now with your open factory front diff, and amplify that by about a thousand. If you lock it, it will steer like trash and stress your front end big time. The only time you'd want a locker in the front of anything is if it was manually selectable, like an eLocker or air locker, or if you had manual locking hubs so you have some way to unlock when necessary. Neither of these options are readily available for our front diffs to my knowledge.
As far as upgrades for the rear carrier, personally I say go Eaton or go home. TrueTrac is excellent if you do mostly street driving, I have one in my Monte Carlo and it is very quiet and smooth on the street. The only drawback is that if you're ever in a situation where one wheel is off the ground, the TrueTrac will spin the wheel with least resistance unless you apply some brake to even things out. If you're going to use the truck like a truck, I'd go Detroit Locker. They are a lot more similar to the factory G80s, except they work properly and don't have all the awful safety features and design flaws that the G80 lockers had. When they sense a difference in wheel speed and you're on the throttle, the Detroit Locker will lock up hard and send power to both rear wheels until you let off the gas again, regardless of traction conditions.
Because if you don't you will break literally everything. Think of the "wheel scrubbing" you're describing experiencing now with your open factory front diff, and amplify that by about a thousand. If you lock it, it will steer like trash and stress your front end big time. The only time you'd want a locker in the front of anything is if it was manually selectable, like an eLocker or air locker, or if you had manual locking hubs so you have some way to unlock when necessary. Neither of these options are readily available for our front diffs to my knowledge.
As far as upgrades for the rear carrier, personally I say go Eaton or go home. TrueTrac is excellent if you do mostly street driving, I have one in my Monte Carlo and it is very quiet and smooth on the street. The only drawback is that if you're ever in a situation where one wheel is off the ground, the TrueTrac will spin the wheel with least resistance unless you apply some brake to even things out. If you're going to use the truck like a truck, I'd go Detroit Locker. They are a lot more similar to the factory G80s, except they work properly and don't have all the awful safety features and design flaws that the G80 lockers had. When they sense a difference in wheel speed and you're on the throttle, the Detroit Locker will lock up hard and send power to both rear wheels until you let off the gas again, regardless of traction conditions.
From my understanding the true sends torque to the high traction wheel