Limited Slip
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From: On the Ohio River
Limited Slip
I have an '04 4x4 with a 3.73 limited slip... at least I'm supposed to.
Had to have the rear end replaced do to the infamous shimmy... no more noise & feels smooth.
Here's my question... how can I be sure they put a limited slip rear back in? Before the repair I would hardly ever spin a rear tire, now i'm either spinning one or the other in locations where I never did before.
Just curious, but want to make sure i've still got what I paid for when it was new.
Had to have the rear end replaced do to the infamous shimmy... no more noise & feels smooth.
Here's my question... how can I be sure they put a limited slip rear back in? Before the repair I would hardly ever spin a rear tire, now i'm either spinning one or the other in locations where I never did before.
Just curious, but want to make sure i've still got what I paid for when it was new.
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From: Fuquay Varina,NC
If you jack up the rear end to get both rear wheels off the ground, turn one of the wheels. if the opposite wheel turns the same way, you have an LS. If it turns the other direction, you dont.
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Also keep in mind that a new or rebuilt differential will be tighter and after being broken in properly will get more power to the ground. On my Dodge the rear differential had been slowly coming apart for several years. I couldn't get it to spin the tires anymore at all. Once it was rebuilt the truck felt like new again. Could break the tries loose just like when it was new.
