Do RS camaros come with Posi?
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Do RS camaros come with Posi?
This has probly been asked 1000 times, but I have to know. When it rains and the wheels spin it feels like posi. In the couple of burnouts Ive done it usualy spins one, but like 2 times it spun 2. If I launch the car and let it spin it usualy spins 2. Is it posi, broken, or just confused?
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How do you fill up the posi fluid? Do you take the diff. cover off? of is there some little plug-bolt?
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
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ive sorta wondered the same because in my 86 T/A sometimes i get boh goin and the majority of the time its one but like you said in the rain depending i get both of them goin and slipde side to side but ive been told its limited slip because it alternates back and forth i too would like to know about this
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There is a plug on the rear end located on the passenger side rear housing. Can't remember if it's a 3/8 or 1/2 drive to remove the plug.
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Originally posted by sellmanb
You probably just need to put more posi fluid into your rear end fluid.
You probably just need to put more posi fluid into your rear end fluid.
Posi fluid? Do I add that in the tank next to the blinker fluid & the headlight de-icer?
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
im not to much on rear ends but i thik that limited slip will get both but majority will get one but i could be wrong. but ive kept one rollin for about 50-60 yards w/ smoke rolin off my left rear tire oh yea what about those muffler berrings
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i thought that limited slip was the same as posi just different names.... shows what i know
This has probly been asked 1000 times, but I have to know. When it rains and the wheels spin it feels like posi. In the couple of burnouts Ive done it usualy spins one, but like 2 times it spun 2. If I launch the car and let it spin it usualy spins 2. Is it posi, broken, or just confused?
It is possible to spin both tires with an open differential. I have done a burnout before in which both tires broke loose, yet I have an open rear. It just happens sometimes.
How do you fill up the posi fluid? Do you take the diff. cover off? of is there some little plug-bolt?
The type of fluid you need depends on if you have an open diff. or a posi diff. There is such a thing as "posi additive" fluid, which is highly recommend for posi differentials.
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
so it is possible to get both tires goin with open dif. i mean i get em both goin alot and depending on how im sitting or what the car decides to do it will get one why is this or what do i have?
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Originally posted by Screamin86
so it is possible to get both tires goin with open dif. i mean i get em both goin alot and depending on how im sitting or what the car decides to do it will get one why is this or what do i have?
so it is possible to get both tires goin with open dif. i mean i get em both goin alot and depending on how im sitting or what the car decides to do it will get one why is this or what do i have?
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Originally posted by Screamin86
so it is possible to get both tires goin with open dif. i mean i get em both goin alot and depending on how im sitting or what the car decides to do it will get one why is this or what do i have?
so it is possible to get both tires goin with open dif. i mean i get em both goin alot and depending on how im sitting or what the car decides to do it will get one why is this or what do i have?
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
its a 10 bolt w/ 2.73 gears we thing cause im runnin 1900rpms at 75. but like the other day ago i just pulled into my driveway straight and did a small burn out and got both goin real good. ughh im confused. im planin on changin the fluid when i get my 3.73's theregoes my gas mileage
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Car: '82 Camaro
Engine: 305
Transmission: wc T5
Axle/Gears: 3.23 posi
Sometimes, too, the clutches in a posi unit burn out, like if someone ran a small temporary spare on the rear for a while causing the rear tires to run at different speeds. The posi unit tries to work but, like a weak clutch, it just won't hold. Your 90 wt. will smell burned, like bad tranny fluid, if this is what you have.
Some posi units are rebuildable, some not.
Some posi units are rebuildable, some not.
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
well id like to find out but if it isnt already a posi im either sticking in a set of 3.73's and a spool or find a 4th gen rear for cheap
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Originally posted by parks911
Posi fluid? Do I add that in the tank next to the blinker fluid & the headlight de-icer?
Posi fluid? Do I add that in the tank next to the blinker fluid & the headlight de-icer?
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Originally posted by Dewey316
Go to a GM Dealer or any parts store. They sell Limited Slip additive, It is no secret that you need to add it to your gear-oil when you fill up the rear if you own a clutch style limited slip. Now don't you feel like an *** for opening your mouth, with a smart *** comment, about a product that does in fact exist.
Go to a GM Dealer or any parts store. They sell Limited Slip additive, It is no secret that you need to add it to your gear-oil when you fill up the rear if you own a clutch style limited slip. Now don't you feel like an *** for opening your mouth, with a smart *** comment, about a product that does in fact exist.
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Axle/Gears: Ford 9", detroit locker, 3.89 gears
1) all clutch type limited slip rears needs posi additive. Some fulids has it already mixed in (redline for one), some don't.
It's an anti wear lube for the clutchs in the rear. If you have posi and your fulid don't have the additive in it, you will need to buy a bottle of the posi additive from a GM parts dealer
2) limited slip, posi, sure grip, etc are all the same thing, just diff words.
There's only 4 types of rears...
Open (1 wheel pulls)
posi/limited slip (both wheels pulls but one gets less traction than other)
Locker (both wheels gets the same traction/same torque, the locker will ratchet between one wheel and two during curves)
Spool (locks both wheels solid together, can not let the outside wheel turn more/less during curves)
You DO NOT WANT A LOCKER FOR ANY STREET USE!!!
Stick with limted slip or a locker if it sees alot of curves, street driving. etc
3) an open rear will spin both tires when the cross pin starts to wear, and only then. A limited slip rear can spin or or two, but if it does thats also showing wear. Most of the times the rear just needs more posi additive, other times the clutchs are worn
It's an anti wear lube for the clutchs in the rear. If you have posi and your fulid don't have the additive in it, you will need to buy a bottle of the posi additive from a GM parts dealer
2) limited slip, posi, sure grip, etc are all the same thing, just diff words.
There's only 4 types of rears...
Open (1 wheel pulls)
posi/limited slip (both wheels pulls but one gets less traction than other)
Locker (both wheels gets the same traction/same torque, the locker will ratchet between one wheel and two during curves)
Spool (locks both wheels solid together, can not let the outside wheel turn more/less during curves)
You DO NOT WANT A LOCKER FOR ANY STREET USE!!!
Stick with limted slip or a locker if it sees alot of curves, street driving. etc
3) an open rear will spin both tires when the cross pin starts to wear, and only then. A limited slip rear can spin or or two, but if it does thats also showing wear. Most of the times the rear just needs more posi additive, other times the clutchs are worn
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
well this morning i was runnin late for school and i took a back way and i came around a turn from a stop sign on a back road and stomped it and got both goin and got sideways and then the power you could feel alternating from wheel to wheel and the back was goin from side to side w/ that so does this mean i have posi and one of the clutches is sliping or somethin. and i know this the wheel that will usually spin the most from a standstill or burnout is the right but sometimes the left but whenever i come out of a stop sign or get out of somewhere sideways i get both alternating. i have a friend w/ a 84 T/A t-5 and he found out he has a posi because he took the rear apart and he too has this prob so is this how it works or does it need a good fluid change/rebuild or just a new rear?
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Re: Do RS camaros come with Posi?
The only problem with looking inside the differential is if it is the Auburn cone style posi can you see from there how worn down the cone is ?
Find yourself a patch of asphalt and power brake hard (burn out )for a few seconds. Have a friend watch or just look for either one or two BLACK burn marks when you're done. The break should hold one wheel still while the other spins if its a non posi. or both tires will spin indicating a working posi. If you get what looks like you did spin both tires for a sec or two than its a posi. that's wearing out
Do this out in the country somewhere or a very isolated spot.
Cops don't like it and either do most other people.
Find yourself a patch of asphalt and power brake hard (burn out )for a few seconds. Have a friend watch or just look for either one or two BLACK burn marks when you're done. The break should hold one wheel still while the other spins if its a non posi. or both tires will spin indicating a working posi. If you get what looks like you did spin both tires for a sec or two than its a posi. that's wearing out
Do this out in the country somewhere or a very isolated spot.
Cops don't like it and either do most other people.
Last edited by Ron U.S.M.C.; 02-01-2014 at 03:29 AM.
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Car: 1989 Iroc-Z Camaro
Engine: TBI,5.0
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Re: Do RS camaros come with Posi?
Sorry about that.
I was up late and tired ( 1:03 am )....
Eaton came out with a L.S.D. that they actually called Posi. .= http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsS...als/PCT_339923
Since then using the name has become common place to describe a L.S.D.
I was up late and tired ( 1:03 am )....
Eaton came out with a L.S.D. that they actually called Posi. .= http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsS...als/PCT_339923
Since then using the name has become common place to describe a L.S.D.
Last edited by Ron U.S.M.C.; 10-04-2014 at 06:20 PM.
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