Here is my truck. 99 Silverado with a LQ4 with long tube headers. Truck has a 5 speed and 3.42 positive traction rearend. Tires are 20 inchers. Truck has 3 inch lowering springs in the front and a 4 inch kit in the rear.

Here is the problem I'm having.

The right rear is spinning and the left rear is not. Kind of like a open rear will do. However, the rearend is a factory locker and has a set of Lakewood bars on it.

I keep checking to make sure if I have the bars adjusted right. My driver side bar keeps bottoming out on the spring. I set this gap at a 1/4 inch and it will work itself to bottoming out.

My passenger side bar keeps its 1/4 inch gap fairly good, but I still get alot of tire smoke when dumping the clutch at 2000 through 1st gear and into second.

The driveside will just leave about a 3 foot section of rubber.

What is causing this bar to work itself up against the spring? Is this causing the traction issue?

Should I just cut the snubber to get that 1/4 inch?

Thanks

 

sounds like you have a broken g80 to me, might be time to invest in a tru-trac

 

Actually I just replaced the rearend.

I got this factory locker out of junkyard with a warranty.

You could still see the paint on the gear teeth where they set the pinion.

I guess it could be broke though.

 

Who is a good supplier for a true trac? JEGS? Sumitt?

 

on ebay rons machining shop

 

x2

 

What makes you think it is broken? Everything seems fine when I inspect the carrier.

 

Only one wheel is spinning, LOL.

 

Yeah, I figured that.

However, they both light up on dirt. You can hear the left rear just kind of bounce across the pavement while the right rear is lighting it up.

 

the G80 sucks. get rid of it.