Wheeling in snow and ice with open differentials sucks!! With little to no traction on all 4 corners, frustration kicks in and you eventually start hitting the gas hard and pushing your rig to it's limits, breaking things....like tcase mounts!
So, when a Yukon Spool came up on sale and I had some unspent vouchers, I had to buy it. It's not 100% drop in tho...
The Zuk's rear end is Samurai housing with a 2-pin Sidekick front differential to get 5.13 gears.
Problem 1 - The spool requires a Samurai 4-pin carrier because that carrier has a removable 'lid' to fit the spool into where the spider gears are meant to live. Luckily I have a spare Sami carrier to swap the Tracker gears onto.
Problem 2 - On the Samurai 4-pin carrier, it's the ring gear that keeps the pins in place, as the pins are free floating. But, the Sidekick ring gear is shallower and larger in diameter than the the Samurai ring gear. So we need to add a can and a shim. The can holds the pins in place, and the shim allows for proper side bearing adjustment.
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