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Finally Installed My L/S

I got my Trac Loc in the mail on Tuesday and ordered my bearings on Wednesday and Installed it after work today... It took about an hour to install and and now i can spin both my rear wheels... Its quite awesome actually... Oh and I can hook up better on Acceleration when its raining out, like it is now. Im quite happy with it.

 
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don't mind me askin what all of it cost you?
 
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Trac Loc i bought on here for 180us shipped and then the bearings and races were 71us i managed to get them at list price. the Friction Modifier was like 5 bucks. then i had some quarts of fluid layin around...

I have the blow apart veiws of the rear end with part reference numbers if anyone wants me to post them up
 
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i got a trac lock.. i need gears though haha
 
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Ha nice... Ive got 4.10s :)

A guy at work didnt believe me when i told him my Ranger has more gear than his full size.. I had to prove it to him.

I used Build Sheet, Axel Tag And Door Sticker... Haha he finally realized my ford was better than his dodge...
 
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i wonder if i can use the gears from my open diff..
 
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Thats what i did i reused my ring gear and abs tone ring along with my Shims
 
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sweet! that'll save me money! haha
 
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Nice deal man!!!
 
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So you did or didn't measure backlash with the new carrier? If I'm reading correctly you just reused the shims for the open carrier on the trac-lok carrier. I would've imagined that would cause problems.
 
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Yep did check backlash before and after... It was the same as the old carrier
 
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