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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 07:46 PM
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Posi?

I was wondering how to tell if I have posi or not. Could I just jack the car up in the air and give it a little gas and see if both tires are spinning at the same time? Because I tried squelin my tires, but my engine aint powerful enough.
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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only 100% sure way to know is to pull the rear cover and look.
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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and look for what??
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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The presence of a posi
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:18 PM
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ok that helps a whole lot. What will I be needing to look for when I take the cover off?
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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something that looks like this,,,
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:25 PM
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This.

If you don't see that plate and those springs in there, but rather just the 4 gears, it's not a posi.
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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Jack the rear end of the car up, put it in neutral, then spin one of the tires by hand. If they both spin in the same direction you got posi. If they spin in opposite direction you dont have posi.

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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:29 PM
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Somebody always posts stuff like that.... next it will be something about "codes" or "tag".

Don't bother. Take off the cover and look. Like ede said, that's the only sure way.
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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Great pic RB I only had the eaton ...
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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Yeah I have that stock one laying around, all I use it for is the pic :sillylol:
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Old Jul 13, 2003 | 11:50 PM
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my car spins booth tires the same direction when spun by hand, leaves two black marks, but it dont have a posi, and when i go around a corner the spin the oposite directions of each other. Just like a limited slip, but i cheated, so you will want to look inside the cover, or RPO codes.
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