[Gordonr1973]

The other thing that I did last week was I had an Auburn limited slip differential put into my truck. (In Edmonton, the Gear Centre on 50th street is the place to go for this kind of work.) For a 1998 2 wheel drive, the part number is 542097 and is the Street version, not the Pro version I used.

I kept the 3:73 gear ratio as-is and an important thing to note with these lockers is that they are NOT designed to use synthetic oil, you are to use gear oil with the additive for limited slip differentials. I would write down what they used but the paperwork is outside and I'm upstairs at 11pm writing this!

I'm pretty happy with it so far. I have had a Detroit locker in another truck I had and I found it too loud for my tastes. This one is quiet (although I notice a slight whine) but it no where near as loud a clicking the Detriot locker made when turning a corner. Basically I wanted something that would be a bit stronger than the OEM posi-track GM used in their trucks but something milder than a 4 wheel drive locker or one made for the strip.

I put a chrome diff cover on too, I just wanted something with a plug incase I need to change the oil myself without cracking the cover completely off.