Powertrax No-Slip Lesson Learned

[taxx]

I wanted to share with you all a lesson I just learned. In retrospect what we did was VERY stupid.

We installed my 4.88s in the rear last night (a budy that does gears for a living) and when we got it all back together with the lower ratio the pin would not slid back in properly. So there where two options according to him (he works at a place that does not sell powertrax and has not messed with them), the two options to make it fit are to grind a flat spot in the totally round pin or to grind down on two teeth....

The teeth method is acceptable and evidently pretty comon in this situation. We ground where they wheren't touching the pinion teeth anyways. Well it still wouldn't fit and we didn't want to take more teeth off so we looked and decided there was one spot on the bar we could grind flat and the inner springs would still sit on the round sides.....

VERY BAD IDEA. Now my locker does not engage both sides only the drivers side, and even then every once in a while that won't engage leaving you sitting there spinning the pinion..... So long story short I am leaving tomorrow to wheel at 3pm and I can't find a pin anywhere in town. I ordered one overnight so it will be here tomorrow morning. Tonight I will get it all ready to go (grind teeth some more according to the nice folks at powertrax) so that all I have to do is slide the pin in and fill it back up.

So the lesson for today is that that pin is round for more than one reason and it MUST stay that way. OTher than that I love my 4.88s....

Insert flames here:_____________

 

[TravisC]

Originally posted by taxxman2k

Insert flames here:__THAT SUCKS_________

Hope you get it fixed and it works alright

 

[taxx]

Ya that was a pretty big DUMBASS attack. it will be working fine I am sure of it. Bu I am sure as hell not driving it anywhere but back to my garage till it gets fixed....

 

[Ranger Digger]

I learned my lesson working on my friends bronco. We put a powertrax or loc rite in the back and even with 3.73 gears the pin barely went in and it had a flat spot in it from the factory.

Since then I have learn to setup gears and I will only put full case lockers in my truck. To me it's worth the extra money. But to each his own.

 

[mynameisaric]

sorry to revive an extremely oldddddddd thread, but how bad is it to drive with a ground pin? would it be ok to drive on for another 2 days? from home to work(8 miles) work to school (20 miles) school to home (18 miles) and then go to the shop the next day(wednesday) and get it fixed? it might even have to wait till thursday (another 16 miles (to and from work on wednesday)) and then to the shop on thursday(50 miles) if i got the new pin overnighted tomorow, it wouldnt be here till wednesday long after i have to be at work. and what pin do i order? is it just a regular center pin? or do i have to have the powertrax one? i've already put about 70 miles on the locker and i'd have to put another 100+miles on it to get to the shop.

my problems currently are that it locks up... all the time. around corners, and especially when trying to park.

so is 200 miles on an improperly installed powertrax gonna kill my diff?