Thread: ATB or Truetrac v Detroit locker

Yes the True Trac front and rear do work well, but your still better off with lockers front and rear(ARB or Jack MacNamara) or Detriot rear and True Trac front, these work the best, but you must upgrade your axles as well with lockers, not so much with the True Tracs, these are easier on axles than lockers are.

Baz.

Also if you are running air lockers your traction control will do jack all ! In my opinion the ashcroft air locker are the best value for money and quality and they give you the choice to engage and disengage when you want to

I have truetracs front and rear on my auto D1 and I cannot credit the difference, totally transforms the vehicle.
This is probably helped by the fact that I have a lot of flex and hence wheels stay in contact with the ground most of the time, if I do lift a front wheel then a little bit of left foot braking takes care of that, I imagine your TC will work in the same manner.
I have been advised that it is not necessary to upgrade my axles etc and if anything does let go that the truetracs should be fine, whereas if it lets go with a detroit locker it will be damaged also.
I landed both front and rear from the States with bearings fitted and freight for just under AU$1200, PM me if you would like details.
I had a mate install them who said they were very straight forward, with the front taking a little longer than the back.
Cheers,
Lee

I have not felt the need for lockers in sand or snow, the D2 will have no problem there. You will go most places in the high country just OK too but the high country is where you would get your money back on lockers. The first thing though is to get the centre diff locking, that is a must.

Torque biasing diffs with TC gives you 99% of the ability of being fully locked yet you still have steering, etc.

Sam/Strangerover that used to be on outerlimits had Tru-Tracs with TC in one of his full comp buggies and loved it, he was the one that reckoned it had the traction of full diff locks without the drawbacks.

Thanks for the replies so far. Yes, the CDL is a given. At this stage I am thinking it is going to be Ashcroft ATB's front and rear. I don't forsee running larger than 245/75R16, 265/75R16 or 235/85R16 MT's with a 2" lift, how will the axle shafts and CV's cope with this configuration? The ECU will get a remap but the auto should soften the shock loads in the driveline.