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Old 03-20-2007, 04:07 AM
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Yup, that would be the "GOV LOC". It's a "3-pin" stlye, instead of your nominal 4-pin. Which means if it ever breaks, your up do-do creek with out a paddle because no one else makes a 3 pin.

If that happens, the guts of the diff need to be replaced.
 
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Old 03-20-2007, 07:22 AM
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And if I remember right, the centrifigul force of being above 20MPH unlocks it... so above that, it's an open diff, is it not?
 
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It still acts as a limited slip even at higher speeds. I have had my back end snap out before the front could engage on me a few times over 20mph when I was just out on the back roads playin' around.

When I serviced my diff, I messed around with it just seeing what it would do. It was not easy to turn one tire at a time. Very difficult in fact. It required one person at each wheel to get it to spin.
 
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It still acts as a limited slip even at higher speeds. I have had my back end snap out before the front could engage on me a few times over 20mph when I was just out on the back roads playin' around.

When I serviced my diff, I messed around with it just seeing what it would do. It was not easy to turn one tire at a time. Very difficult in fact. It required one person at each wheel to get it to spin.

Ahhhh, I just know that the posi in a F350, when drifting around a corner, is a lot more aggressive feeling than the G80, lol
 
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Old 03-20-2007, 02:04 PM
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Ahhhh, I just know that the posi in a F350, when drifting around a corner, is a lot more aggressive feeling than the G80, lol
Like Kyle said...maybe a gov-loc G80, but the G80 in my Caprice will drift right along side the ricers....lol If I can keep from running over that little toy ricer....or sucking it through my K&N.....I'll try it sometime...lol
 
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