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Originally Posted by lucky1
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.....
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For a street application, 99% of the time, you don't need a locker. The problem is when you get into trouble (as in you're in the ditch or stuck in a big snow drift). With a selectable locker you push a button and wham... your wheels are locked.... non of this spinning the wheels and
hoping the G80 kicks in.
There's a reason Ford and Toyota don't use the G80 and for the life of me I don't understand why Chev hasn't switched over years ago. There are just better systems out there.
I have a truck with the G80 and a Jeep with the Selectable locker and in my opinion, the G80 is next to useless most times when I need it.... and you will be hard pressed to find anybody who would replace their selectable locker with a G80.