What to do with the G80

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arveetek

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I actually really like my G80! Works great when you need it, silent and transparent when you don't.

My rig has over 286K miles on it.... never had a problem with the Eaton ADL..... I think the "gov lock" has gotten an unfair bad rap.

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bumping an old thread (hopefully better than starting a new one...).

My 07 has just developed some bearing noise, so I'm going to tear it apart (or possibly break down and pay a professional). The highly reputable shop I went to said stay away from the "Detroit Locker", which I believe is the truetrac (atleast according to Summit's description). Everyone is really a truetrac fan? I like the sounds of it, but I'll probably have to install it myself.
 

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Eaton's website shows another design for "Detroit Locker", so maybe I'm misled by Summit.... I'll call the guy back tomorrow to see if the truetrac gets a thumbs up.
 
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The Detroit Truetrac is a helical-gear style performance differential. not a locker
 

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Now that I read your sig line, I see you went with a truetrac. I'm ordering one. Now I just need to decide whether I want the hassle of installing it myself or not.
 
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after alot of research i went with the trutrac. it just seemed to fit what i needed out of a diff the best. i did every thing on my truck myself except the gears. i had bad luck wit some on my TA one time so i decided to pay this time lol
 

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the trutrac is the best solution for huge majority of the users here and the operating conditions and preferences. this page explains more of its details.
 

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I have them in both trucks and we put them in the race cars too. Flawless so far and we are no where near "nice" to our rides. I run 35x12.5 tires and no issue. I run Yukon gears (4.56) and Yukon axles too.
 

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