d35 traclok

[feksrocks]

Hi I'm fairly new to explorer scene but a friend of mine has a traclok that was on his Cherokee rear end and recently upgraded to a full locker will his traclok work in my front end and how hard will it b to install

 

[Blue91Ex]

cherokee front end is a dana 30 solid axle, the ttb dana 35 is different, more similar to a dana 44 than a 30, i ighly doubt the jeep LS gears etc would fit in the explorer front end.

 

[jd4242]

The rear d35 ls from a jeep will fit the front of the explorer d35..do a search, couple of threads on here.im not sure 100% on the models tho

 

[Blue91Ex]

oh i thought he meant from a jeep front axle, wasnt aware they were similar enough to swap, learn something new every day i guess.

 

[Maniak]

RangerX had one and I bought it from him.. So, now I have a Jeep d35 trac-lok in the front of our X.

I can say this though.. Since the stock (open) carrier uses a roll pin type thing to hold in the cross shaft pin. The LS uses a bolt...

DON'T FORGET TO INSTALL THE CROSS SHAFT LOCK BOLT!

The people that installed that LS into RangerX's Ranger and myself both forgot that..

Dana 35 trac lok damage-2 by maniak_az, on Flickr

Dana 35 trac lok damage-1 by maniak_az, on Flickr

Lucky I just needed a new cross pin but paid more for overnight shipping than I did for the pin/bolt.

It wasn't "that bad" to install but getting everything back in and meshed together was a 2 person job..


~Mark

Edit: I found a post I made with p/n's when I was trying to find a new cross pin. http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2829137&postcount=17

 

[RangerX]

RangerX had one and I bought it from him.. So, now I have a Jeep d35 trac-lok in the front of our X..

Wait, what? It was in my Ranger's front axle, and I did buy it new, and it was listed as a D35 TracLok, so how does that make it a jeep part?? :scratch:

 

[Maniak]

Wait, what? It was in my Ranger's front axle, and I did buy it new, and it was listed as a D35 TracLok, so how does that make it a jeep part?? :scratch:

Well, its a 73630X which when I looked it up had Jeep listed most of the time. Other times it just said Dana 35, 3.55 & up..

~Mark

 

[jd4242]

Im pretty sure my aussie was listed as jeep rear d35 and ford front d35 also

 

[feksrocks]

Thx guys for Ur response I'll have to remember the lock bolt

 

[Nedwreck]

Well, its a 73630X which when I looked it up had Jeep listed most of the time. Other times it just said Dana 35, 3.55 & up..

~Mark

Bingo 3.55 and up...

 

[manimal]

Hey guys, this is a few months old, but I'm also thinking of throwing a Jeep TracLok in the TTB front of my 91 Sport. I was just curious as to how the TracLok has performed, and if you needed to rebuild the carrier clutch pack before installing? I understand they're notorious for wearing out quickly, and that one should expect to repack a used carrier.

 

[Maniak]

Hey guys, this is a few months old, but I'm also thinking of throwing a Jeep TracLok in the TTB front of my 91 Sport. I was just curious as to how the TracLok has performed, and if you needed to rebuild the carrier clutch pack before installing? I understand they're notorious for wearing out quickly, and that one should expect to repack a used carrier.

Mine's been doing great. I can tell it is there but it isn't so bad that I have to make a 20 point turn in the ditches out at truckhaven, unlike [MENTION=63829]Tbars4[/MENTION]

I did rebuild my traclok with new clutches after I got it. I did re-stack them so it is friction/steel/friction pattern etc instead of the factory method which IIRC has a couple steels against each other. Granted, I did have to re-used a friction disc from the original pack, but I'm fine with that.

I'm also not running any friction modifier up front either AND, it was a 2 person job to get the traclok back in 1 pieces (spider gears were hard to get back in)

~Mark

OH yea.. Do NOT forget to put in the cross pin retaining bolt. The Open diff doesn't have one, but the LS will...

 

[manimal]

Cool, good info. Did the carrier go right in without having to shim differently?

 

[Maniak]

Cool, good info. Did the carrier go right in without having to shim differently?

From a post in a thread I made when I did it..

I re-used the bearings and races that came with the trac lok, and even used the same carrier shims. I did use new ring bolts and pinion shaft lock bolt though.

Entire thread...
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331921&highlight=pattern

Basically, I got lucky, things were in spec.. The wear pattern could have been a little deeper but I expected to change the gears.. I still haven't done that and things are still fine up front...

~Mark

 

[manimal]

Sounds like it is an easy swap. My main reason behind the front LS was snow wheeling. Have you run yours in any snow in the high country in AZ?

 

[Maniak]

I'm put it in 4x4 in snow once since I've added the traclok up front. That was in our neighborhood and it was 5" of snow + mud... nothing spectacular. I would have been fine with just the rear locker...

~Mark