Rear diff. upgrades?

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cdunn334

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I have a2003 Tahoe, and I was wondering how many of you with open rears upgraded to some kind of locker ? Be it add ing a g80 or true track or a Aussie or some kind of locker? How important would you consider having a lcking rear?
 

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For something you drive quite a bit on road, I would look at the Truetrak or an ARB. The lunch box lockers are great off-road but have a tendency to make on road driving in slick conditions tricky.

A g80 is great but has a bad rep for exploding because people treat them like your standard pos-unit. It takes slow, light, steady throttle to get them locked up without damaging them but they did work quite well most of the time. They will not replace a locker if you are wanting traction with one tire in the air though.
 
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The G80 on my k2500 suburban works great even though it has really close to 300k miles on it.