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natyeo

Member Since: 27 Jan 2013
Location: Bentham
Posts: 136

2014 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Santorini Black

Front Truetrax lsd diff tyre wear?

Any one had any tyre wear problems with front truetrax lsd diff fitted, my inner shoulders on fronts how worn a bit, my tracking was set to 16" toe out as land rover manual settings ie parallel to 16" toe out , I have re set to dead parallel and seeing what happens after swopping wheels from front to back.

This is on my hybird , now on a 90 chassis & axles from 1993 with a truetrax in rear as well

Was running extreme rose joint rear trailing arms and gkn overdrive but with that set up when it dropped down from overdrive the whole veicle would try and twist

Any one had similar problems? 2014 2.2 90 hard top , Warm M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper, Ashcroft rear atb
2012 2.2 tdci 110 Utility
1993 110 CSW Warn M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper , 2" lift , Roamerdive overdrive, on going
1971 Hybird 200tdi, 2 x truetracs,Extrem winch bumper, M8000, GKN overdrive & Coils 2" lift, Glynn Lewis cranked rear trail arms
1971 Series 3 88, Perkins 4203,M8000,SATs,O/D,

28th Jul 2014 3:22pm

roel

Member Since: 08 Aug 2009
Location: Lelystad
Posts: 2039

I have a true trac in the front axle and a Detroit locker in the rear axle. I had them first in my 1997 Camel Discovery and now in my 90 td5.
I do not see any strange wear on my tyres on both cars. My Discovery was used off-road but also my daily driver and as I am working in the oilfield it was making trips all over europe. So a lot off highway driving.

I don't think you can blame tyrewear to the true trac diffs.

The true trac and also the detroit locker want to go straight ahead when under power.
With my 90 on and off throttle can easily make 30 deg difference in steeringwheel turn. Roel

1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001)
1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009)
2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts.
2003 90 Td5 (2009-now)

29th Jul 2014 9:34am

natyeo

Member Since: 27 Jan 2013
Location: Bentham
Posts: 136

Cheers for that , I will keep an eye on it see what happens , its had both truetraxs fitted for a few years but not done a big mileage, all the suspension bushesw are fresh and track rod ends all ok. 2014 2.2 90 hard top , Warm M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper, Ashcroft rear atb
2012 2.2 tdci 110 Utility
1993 110 CSW Warn M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper , 2" lift , Roamerdive overdrive, on going
1971 Hybird 200tdi, 2 x truetracs,Extrem winch bumper, M8000, GKN overdrive & Coils 2" lift, Glynn Lewis cranked rear trail arms
1971 Series 3 88, Perkins 4203,M8000,SATs,O/D,

29th Jul 2014 7:23pm

landybehr

Member Since: 17 Apr 2013
Location: -D-
Posts: 173

Hi,

was using Truetrac front & rear for about 12years and 15.ooo km´s per year with the RRC.
I can say there was definately no abnormal tyre wear.
They silently do/did their work, I never took any notice of them - other than in winter of offroad.
No problems even though they had to cope with bigger 255/86-16s most of the time.

30th Jul 2014 9:10pm

Lodelaner

Member Since: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Lambourn
Posts: 632

1988 Defender 90 V8 Petrol ST Shire Blue

Does your hybrid have odd or mismatched suspension geometry - suspension lift or the like? JB

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30th Jul 2014 9:14pm

natyeo

Member Since: 27 Jan 2013
Location: Bentham
Posts: 136

Just checked steering and axle front to back , running 2" llift, all seems fine, plus after setting tracking to parallel it is steering much better, not running caster correction arms on front , all bushes are fine, drop arm ball joint was u/s and replaced a month ago, tyre pressures all ok, re built crome ball bushes / bearings re built last summer too

Note had a "lock rite" diff lock (Similar to a Detroit locker but cheaper and really needed to be set with lighter control springs) in my series 3 years ago in the rear and that shoulder off my new XCL's on outer edge , if you set off quickly from a road end you could both hear and feel it pushing and biting 2014 2.2 90 hard top , Warm M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper, Ashcroft rear atb
2012 2.2 tdci 110 Utility
1993 110 CSW Warn M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper , 2" lift , Roamerdive overdrive, on going
1971 Hybird 200tdi, 2 x truetracs,Extrem winch bumper, M8000, GKN overdrive & Coils 2" lift, Glynn Lewis cranked rear trail arms
1971 Series 3 88, Perkins 4203,M8000,SATs,O/D,

30th Jul 2014 9:46pm

Lodelaner

Member Since: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Lambourn
Posts: 632

Doubtful the Truetrac would be causing it - was wondering if the negative castor from the lift coupled with the tracking could cause dithering around the straight ahead and shoulder wear. JB

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30th Jul 2014 9:56pm

natyeo

Member Since: 27 Jan 2013
Location: Bentham
Posts: 136

Thanks for pointers, done 5000 miles plus with no sihns of odd wear , must have been tracking 2014 2.2 90 hard top , Warm M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper, Ashcroft rear atb
2012 2.2 tdci 110 Utility
1993 110 CSW Warn M8000 , Scorpain winch bumper , 2" lift , Roamerdive overdrive, on going
1971 Hybird 200tdi, 2 x truetracs,Extrem winch bumper, M8000, GKN overdrive & Coils 2" lift, Glynn Lewis cranked rear trail arms
1971 Series 3 88, Perkins 4203,M8000,SATs,O/D,

3rd Sep 2014 9:37pm

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