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Old 03-19-2009, 01:45 PM
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not sure if i have lockers

How do you tell if you have lockers?

Im just wondering cuz i was cruising without a radio on the other day (very rare for me) and i noticed that my tires squeal a lot when I make tight turns. Is this just normal for a 2wd or do I have lockers.

Sorry for no pics, but the camera is chargin atm.

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The easiest way to tell if you have a locker is to jack up the rear tires and spin them. If they both spin in the same direction you have a locker if one goes forward and one goes backward you have an open diff. It's harder to tell if you have a limited slip because this will act as an open diff except when one tire is slipping then it will lock. To see if you have a limited slip you would have to take out the third member and take a peek.
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ok...
is it hard to spin the tires?
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Ummm, Just jack up the rear pumpkin, tranny in neutral, and E brake off, of course with something blocking the FRONT tires. And spin away...



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Originally Posted by scuba
Ummm, Just jack up the rear pumpkin, tranny in neutral, and E brake off, of course with something blocking the FRONT tires. And spin away...



Easy peasy.

Takes all off 1 min.
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Originally Posted by xzyragon
ok...
is it hard to spin the tires?
With a 22re, yes.

With a s/c'd 3.4, no

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You don't have a locker... you'd know if you did. You might have an LSD, but if you did, I would think the previous owner would have told you it was the LSD was better than Cameron Diaz and Uma Thurman together in a bathtub with lots of jelly.
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Originally Posted by Matt16
You don't have a locker... you'd know if you did. You might have an LSD, but if you did, I would think the previous owner would have told you it was the LSD was better than Natalie Portman and Kiera Knightly together in a bathtub with lots of jelly.

There fixed it for ya, free of charge
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Originally Posted by toyota4x4907
There fixed it for ya, free of charge
Originally Posted by Matt16
You don't have a locker... you'd know if you did. You might have an LSD, but if you did, I would think the previous owner would have told you it was the LSD was better than Scarlett Johansson and Megan Fox together in a bathtub with lots of jelly.
There... fixed it for you both... free, of course...

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OMGAWDZZZ! I forgot about Megan Fox!!!!!

How about Megan Fox, Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway and Carmen Electra?
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