The optional limited slip differential is a real LSD. You're being led
astray by your buddies and even if it weren't, that brake/throttle
thing is a bunch of hooey. All factory limited slips allow a certain
amount of differential action. Once it passes a preset amount, it
limits the difference between axles. Some heavy duty aftermarket units
start out locked and then allow some slippage or ratcheting in
corners. For all out racing there are units that are locked all the
time.
The "lockers" offer no traction advantage over the stocker. However,
the stocker's ability to "lock-up" degrades over time depending on
the severity of usage.
*IF* you wear out the stocker(I never have) *THEN* consider an
upgrade.
Dr. Pat
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>From: "Greig, Doug" <douggr@hazelett.com>
>To: "'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Stock LSD
>Date: Mon, Oct 11, 1999, 12:29 PM
>
> Hey Guy's(and Gal's), I have some questions concerning my stock
> limited slip. First of all, some of my friends(who don't own DAK's) tell
> me I don't have a REAL LSD in my truck, and that the only way for me to
> engage it is to apply pressure on the brakes and the throttle at the
> same time. Is this true? And how does my LSD compare to an aftermarket
> LSD? I only plan on doing light off roading and crashing through the
> snow this winter. When the trucks paid off is when I plan on getting
> into some serious mods.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Doug Greig
> S. Burlington VT
> 98 CC V6 4X4
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