snow/ice trutracs front and rear

[Patrick C]

Hello, with all the snow we have had in the east, I have had my Scout on some nasty roads all week. I have eaton truetracs front and rear. My Scout is a weekend driver, mostly road, but I do some medium four wheeling on occasion. I love the ls truetracs off road, but have had some issues on snow and ice road conditions. I expected my Scout to handle with ease, but I noticed a lot of drift and instability especially in corners. Now don't get me wrong, she had no problem going anywhere and I actually helped a few other 4x4 vehicles get going again. My question is this. Is having a truetrac ls up front causing the problems I explained, or should I have put an ARB or elocker up front and ran open diffs while traversing winter condition roads?

Thanks

 

[Scoutboy74]

I'm not familiar with the trutrack and how aggressive the clutches are, but I've heard that a locker in the front can cause handling issues while cornering on a slick road surface. I've heard of some folks unlocking one hub to help combat this issue while negotiating corners. I have a spartan locker in my fa, but haven't driven much on slick surfaces with it, so this is third hand hearsay. Take it with the appropriate grain of salt.

 

[Major Screwup]

A front locker keeps both wheels turning at about the same speed. So when turning on slick roads the rig wants to go straight to a degree depending on the clutch engagement. Thats your " drift". Disengaging one hub will eliminate that problem. Thats why front lockers are never factory installed.