Thread: Salisbury Truetrac - where to get

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I can recommend Bill at Great Basin Rovers in Utah.

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Depending on currency rate you should get both front and rear in the TT's for about the $1200 you are talking about, including freight. His website quotes prices and shipping to Australia.

He gives good advice both over the phone or by email.
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Lee

I would consider fitting a detroit locker in the rear and the TT or ATB in the front.
You will get more positive traction, you will however get a bit more backlash in the drive train but I think the benefits out weigh the disadvantages.
The cost difference is pretty minimal but you will need to put better axles in the rear if you do this.

Remember traction control shuts off when it heats up

Should be quite a lot cheaper to put a Detroit Locker in a Sals than a Tru Trac too. Mine was only $250 to install and I reckon I could do it myself next time.

Originally Posted by isuzutoo-eh

Should be quite a lot cheaper to put a Detroit Locker in a Sals than a Tru Trac too. Mine was only $250 to install and I reckon I could do it myself next time.

X2 go the Detroit in the Salisbury and get stronger axles like hy- tuff at the same time gbr or lucky 8 in the states. Lucky8 supplied mine and where quick and helpfull by repackaging to reduce postage costs.

Agree the Detroit Locker is Far easier & cheaper to fit into a Salisbury, If you go for Detroit the Soft Locker would be the go.

But for a TC equipped Defender I do reccomend the TrueTrac ( I also got mine at Great Basin Rovers) , Its a bugger to install & get the preload & backlash correct, because you have to spread the housing (however others will disagree).

(Also noted prev post about TC not working in the heat , I havent experienced this yet but about to head north & will find out)

some detroit / truetrac discussion & pics in this arb locker thread
this might be of use, http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130...ourself-4.html

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I would recommend Lucky8. You'd get both diffs for under 1000 + postage.

I would not recommend the Detroit locker specifically. I'm not sure what they are like since Detroit was sold, but in the past these lockers would shatter if you broke an axle.

Also, note that a TT is also an ATB diff, but they are not all the same. The Detroit TT is about 3:1, the Quaife about 4:1 and the Ashcroft is 2:1. The ratio indicates how much force from the wheel with least traction is transferred across to the wheel with most traction.

Having dealt with both Simon at Lucky8 and Bill at GBR,you wouldn't go wrong either way.I feel that if you want technical information,that Bill would be the one to ask.
I have a Detroit fitted to my Defender,and have found it to be excellent.
And Simon,since they were bought by eaton and what you get now is the No-Spin centre,they are very quiet in operation,but need to be set up with the correct backlash to operate properly.
Anyone considering a Detroit for a Salisbury,particularly if you run bigger tyres,even only as big as 33's,then I recommend thinking about rear axles.
If you are setting up the vehicle as a Tourer then the ATB/TT combination will be fine.But if you intend the vehicle to be also used as a weekend play thing,then you will be much better off with the Detroit No-Spin,as despite what some others advocate,there is nothing like full lockers.