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To say nothing of the fact that Ford never offered a locking diff (limited slip is not the same as locking)
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That's good info.. Our 98 Suburban has a locking rear end, the Bronco has limited slip, did not know that Ford didn't offer the locker.
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GM has the G80 aka Eaton mLocker aka Gov-Loc aka Gov-Bomb that is really a locker. I have no experience with it but what I've heard from people who have used it is that light-duty users are pretty happy with it in general, while people who really USE it either break it or are afraid they will.
More recently some brands (Jeep I know, I think Dodge, maybe Toyota, maybe others?) have offered e-lockers (an electrically actuated selectable locker, works like the air actuated ARB). Those are usually included only in more serious off-road packages (Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, I think the Dodge Power Wagon).
I've heard (but can't confirm) that the Ford Raptor uses a Torsen diff (TrueTrac is Eaton's name for their licensed copy of the Torsen).
But otherwise pretty much all you can get from most factories is a clutch-type limited slip.
More recently some brands (Jeep I know, I think Dodge, maybe Toyota, maybe others?) have offered e-lockers (an electrically actuated selectable locker, works like the air actuated ARB). Those are usually included only in more serious off-road packages (Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, I think the Dodge Power Wagon).
I've heard (but can't confirm) that the Ford Raptor uses a Torsen diff (TrueTrac is Eaton's name for their licensed copy of the Torsen).
But otherwise pretty much all you can get from most factories is a clutch-type limited slip.
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And a 4wd truck w/a locker in the rear and an open diff in front gets a 4x3.5 badge. 
Big Blue would be one of the few getting a 4x4 badge.
Big Blue would be one of the few getting a 4x4 badge.
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no a 4x1 as only 1 wheel drives.
Really the 4x4 is a 4x2 - 1 front 1 rear with open diff.
Now a 4x4 with a LS out back would be a 4x3
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Really the 4x4 is a 4x2 - 1 front 1 rear with open diff.
Now a 4x4 with a LS out back would be a 4x3
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Good to know. Unfortunately I'll probably forget that since I really don't follow or think about newer trucks that much.
As to the question of how many wheels drive, it can be fun and amusing to talk about the differences between different differentials. But it's not always helpful and it's pretty much never correct. As Bill pointed out earlier, the actual definition of number of wheels driven has nothing to do with the differential. Open, limited slip, locking, spool, whatever, a driven axle is defined to drive both wheels.
And for what it's worth, duals don't count as 2 wheels (except when you're describing a semi as an eighteen wheeler). A dually pickup isn't a 6x6. You need dual rear axles to have a 6x6.
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GM has the G80 aka Eaton mLocker aka Gov-Loc aka Gov-Bomb that is really a locker. I have no experience with it but what I've heard from people who have used it is that light-duty users are pretty happy with it in general, while people who really USE it either break it or are afraid they will.
More recently some brands (Jeep I know, I think Dodge, maybe Toyota, maybe others?) have offered e-lockers (an electrically actuated selectable locker, works like the air actuated ARB). Those are usually included only in more serious off-road packages (Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, I think the Dodge Power Wagon).
I've heard (but can't confirm) that the Ford Raptor uses a Torsen diff (TrueTrac is Eaton's name for their licensed copy of the Torsen).
But otherwise pretty much all you can get from most factories is a clutch-type limited slip.
More recently some brands (Jeep I know, I think Dodge, maybe Toyota, maybe others?) have offered e-lockers (an electrically actuated selectable locker, works like the air actuated ARB). Those are usually included only in more serious off-road packages (Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, I think the Dodge Power Wagon).
I've heard (but can't confirm) that the Ford Raptor uses a Torsen diff (TrueTrac is Eaton's name for their licensed copy of the Torsen).
But otherwise pretty much all you can get from most factories is a clutch-type limited slip.
I like the G80, as you said, we don't wheel with it. It's my wife's "Battle Wagon"! Still working fine after 215,000 miles, in spite of the fact that the truck wasn't very well taken care by PO's.
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Lately I've noticed that every place I chirp the tires leaves 2 nearly equal tire prints. My drive train is stock to my knowledge. I'd like to know if anyone else has similar experience with their 4x2.
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