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Old 01-07-2011, 06:09 PM
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It looks like it's got the helical "worms" like a TrueTrac, however the carrier looks different.

OP, I suspect you will have to pull and disassemble the carrier...
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:12 PM
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I agree with Uber that does not look like an eaton
http://www.americanmuscle.com/eaton-...-posi-lsd.html
You need to find out exactly what you have and I'm sure we can get you going in the right direction
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:19 PM
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it looks like this might be your carrier?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DT...145A/?rtype=10
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:41 PM
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You guys are right it doesn't have the springs. The previous owner had the work done back in '05, so it could've been a previous Eaton model. I've tried cross-referencing the model #'s w/no luck. I also placed a call out to Eaton that went to a particular guy's VM (so I'm still waiting to hear back).
BraMas, it looks similar to that one from Summit, so I'm thinking it could be an older-styled Detroit Locker.
Does anyone know of any good differential service shops that would be willing to help over the phone? Unfortunately when someone isn't presenting money, people aren't too willing to help.
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:50 PM
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I don't think that's it, I have worked on the Detroit C-Locker--here's a scan from the manual:



You can see that the axle spacer is a round rod, not a wedgy looking thing as in the OPs differential.

Also, the OPs differential seems to have worm gears like the Truetrac:

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Old 01-07-2011, 07:17 PM
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[QUOTE=cliffyk;7364436]I don't think that's it, I have worked on the Detroit C-Locker--here's a scan from the manual:


You can see that the axle spacer is a round rod, not a wedgy looking thing as in the OPs differential.


Cliffyk, it does look like the TrueTrac. The owner's manual says the axle spacers have a "key" to which the axle spacer fits into the carrier, which mine doesn't. I'll keep trying to cross-reference the part #, but have you worked on a TrueTrac?
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:33 PM
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[QUOTE=Smoothie247;7364471]
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I don't think that's it, I have worked on the Detroit C-Locker--here's a scan from the manual:


You can see that the axle spacer is a round rod, not a wedgy looking thing as in the OPs differential.


Cliffyk, it does look like the TrueTrac. The owner's manual says the axle spacers have a "key" to which the axle spacer fits into the carrier, which mine doesn't. I'll keep trying to cross-reference the part #, but have you worked on a TrueTrac?

I have never had a TrueTrac apart, only the old and "new" style lockers.
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:54 PM
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I'll keep checking around. Apart from either tearing it off or replacing the carrier, not sure what else to do.
Thanks for the help.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
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can always just go with a ford racing cobra diff for 31 spline axles and sell that one
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Old 01-09-2011, 09:06 PM
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Thought about that. Whats the difficulty on replacing the diff?
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