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Mar 19, 2009 | 01:45 PM

xzyragon

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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.

What do you look for?

Mar 19, 2009 | 02:07 PM

Dbl. E

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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.

Mar 19, 2009 | 02:11 PM

xzyragon

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ok...
is it hard to spin the tires?

Mar 19, 2009 | 02:15 PM

scuba

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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...

Mar 19, 2009 | 02:17 PM

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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.

Mar 19, 2009 | 02:29 PM

okie81

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ok...
is it hard to spin the tires?

With a 22re, yes.

With a s/c'd 3.4, no

Mar 19, 2009 | 05:13 PM

Matt16

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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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Mar 19, 2009 | 05:19 PM

toyota4x4907

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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

Mar 20, 2009 | 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by toyota4x4907

There fixed it for ya, free of charge

Quote:

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...

Last edited by space-junk; Mar 20, 2009 at 12:07 AM.