Limited Slip Diff Always Slipping?

Limited Slip Diff Always Slipping?

01-13-2007, 10:38 AM

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GhostZero

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Limited Slip Diff Always Slipping?

Hey fellow CTD folks-

I have an 06 long bed, quad cab, 4x4, manual transfer case, manual transmission. When I bought the truck I made sure it had a limited slip diff in it, although the extent of my verification was simply looking at the window sticker.

I tried an experiment yesterday- With the drivers rear wheel on ice, the passengers rear wheel on dry pavement, and the truck in 2wd, I hit the gas. The drivers side wheel spun but the passengers stood still.

Do I just not understand how a limited slip diff is supposed to work, or is it possible it's just busted? I would think that when the drive wheel started to spin that the other would kick in, and being on dry pavement it would have propelled the truck forward... After the little "test" I went and looked at my window sticker again- Low and behold, "Limited spin differential"...

Any thoughts?

Ghost.

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