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I personally am not a fan of those. I have seen cv's break just as easily with those. They cost more, dont provide the same traction, and require a diff setup. Its honestly close to 3x more money to run a tru trac over an aussie or lockright.

Good luck with it jimmy. Once you get the PITA front diff out I bet you really will think twice about putting it back in.

Can't argue with what's said above. But the truetrac is stronger than any lunchbox locker. You won't be grenading anymore spider gears. If you are building a serious rockcrawler, I would opt for a front locker, the truetrac will leave you frustrated.
 
So Aussie is the easy fix.... Truetrac will require me to rest everything? I may have to do that any way... I am worried the drive home may have caused the spider chunks to get into the R&P...

Jmoney you mentioned the tru trac wont help the CV breakage? But an Aussie will? Or do you mean they will both bust CVs but one will cost more over all because of resetting the gears..
 
the tru trac, like all lsd's is a full carrier replacement, which will require you to press new bearings on, and set up the diff. You may be lucky and just have to mess with the backlash, but its possible that you may have to change the pinion depth as well.

My comment on cv's was more leaning towards they both break cv's, and IMO lockers are probably easier on the diff because you no longer have to worry about having momentum to make it up stuff. You can be easy on the gas and smooth. The lsd's are good until you lift a tire and really need them.

Once you lock the front end it will bind up on hard surfaces, but as long as you know that and understand that your 4wd is for the trail only. Heres my issues with the costs. the Aussie locker is under $300 shipped. You can install it yourself, it replaces the spider and side gears, There is no tire size restriction for the warranty unlike Lock rights which says 33's or smaller. so for under $300 you lock it up. The lsd doesnt work anywhere near as good as a locker offroad. especially in rocks or where you are lifting tires. That tru trac costs around $500, plus you will probably want new bearings and need an install kit. A master install kit from ecgs is $205. and then you will need it setup. Yota masters in corona quoted me $325 for labor for the 7.5 front clamshell setup. Thats $1030 for something that you will likley cut out in an sas anyways
 
Well now... That Aussie is sounding so much better... My Gear guy runs about 300.00 ..I really dont want to waste money on the IFS but I also want to finish a trail with out broken stuff.. I agree that a locker allows you to crawl and finesse yourself over. I haven't driven an open diffed rig in 8 years so yeah there is a learning curve. I think the Aussie is the best fix as long as my RP isn't toast. If that's the case I will just toss a junkyard clam shell in there and leave it alone till I SAS..
 
I think the Aussie is probably your best option too. If you plan to drive a lot on road in snow like I do, the ARB is worth the extra $$ IMO. If not, the Aussie is the cheapest option and would (hopefully) be a quick fix.

Another thought...
If your r&p are ok, you may be able to just find some used stock spider/side gears for cheap or even free (from someone who has done a full-carrier locker or LSD up front). I think I still have my old spiders, but they've been sitting in a box outside for 2 years probably getting rusty. If you'd like me to look for them and I find them, you are welcome to have them - I'm just not sure what shape they are in and if I have all of them for sure. I'd be happy to check for you if that's something you'd like me to do.
 
Another thought...
If your r&p are ok, you may be able to just find some used stock spider/side gears for cheap or even free (from someone who has done a full-carrier locker or LSD up front).

Shhhh.....don't say things like that. Some of us are banking on him doing a SAS so we can get the things he tears off. j/k.

I say do what ever will hold you over until the swap, but if you happen to go the Aussie locker route I am sure you will have no problems selling it.
 

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