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Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon Axles and Differentials

14 messages,  Last post on Feb 09, 2010 at 12:18 PM

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#13 of 14 Re: locking rear / differential [srthomsen] by dig_em

Jan 19, 2010 (2:32 pm)

Replying to: srthomsen (Sep 27, 2009 8:29 am)
Actually the comment about the reduced power availability to the engine has nothing to do with the Diff. That is the traction control unit, and if your truck has the traction control it can be turned off via the switch on the dash above the radio. As for two strips of rubber, you are right in some situations. If you were to be on flat pavement it would have nothing to do with it, but if you were to encounter, lets say a curb, and both wheels kept laying down rubber, then that would be the locker locking up. Let me clarify that a bit, if just one wheel contacts the curb, thus changing the number of rotations that one wheel makes in relation to the other, because the wheel going over the curb is actually traveling further than the one on the flat pavement, the situation I have described happens.

#14 of 14 Re: G-80 Locker [greenjeanz] by mailflyer

Feb 09, 2010 (12:18 pm)

Replying to: greenjeanz (Jul 30, 2007 5:44 pm)
would that go in my 06 canyon? its rear wheel drive with an open differential. i go down lots of nasty dirt roads

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