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Originally Posted by Rerun
I have a Chevy truck with the "automatic" G-80 locking rear diff. Piece of crap... never works when you need it. The selectable locking diff blows it out of the water. You can get this with Ford and the Toyota Tacoma.
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you know the G-80 or Eaton Gov Lock has been used in Chev trucks since the late 60's - for the application that the are used in, they are a great posi unit - as soon as you start putting on 35" tires, thats when they give up the ghost -
The diff will act as an open diff until a one tire starts to spin faster than the other, this will cause the governer wheel to turn and engage the posi clutches - if a person simply allows the posi to engage before hammering throttle, these things will last forever -
The Lockers you're talking about are nice, no doubt, until the air compressor fails, or until the electric solenoid fails (dependant upon which vintage) - or if ripping thru the last hole or snow drift rips out your air line - then they arent so great after that.
For the street application I would take the tried and tru G-80 over the factory jeep air locker any day.....