What to do about a useless limited slip rear end?
My 2001 ¾ ton Dodge has a limited slip rear end and is about useless ever since I got in in 2005. It now has 77,000 miles on it and works great, except for traction and A/C.
I get stuck pulling the wife’s TT to the street from side yard and I don’t get stuck in the same spot in our short Class C Majestic with a Ford. The Dodge has a “dana” stamped on diff cover. Don’t know what diff the class C has. The class C also has to more rear wheels in contact with ground if that matters. I get stuck maneuvering the TT out of its parking spot. The parking spot is level, but getting to it is not. Side to side and on a slope going up and down. When hooked up to TT, where I get stuck the left side is 38 ½ inches ground to bottom of wheel well and right side is 37 ¼ inches. To me, where I’m getting stuck shouldn’t be that big of deal. Tongue weight around 1,100. I did not get stuck in the same place with our older 9,000 pound 5th wheel.
I called a rear end shop that was recommended to me twice by different people and talked with them. The rear end shop recommended having them look at it and do a service of the rear end and if anything is wrong probably around $900-1,200 to re-build the diff. (And something must be wrong or I would be getting stuck).
I’m a getting set up for a killing? After they fix it I have spent $1,200 and would still have a limited slip. I was thinking about some type of locker rear end would serve me better and skip the $1,200 on a limited slip.
I’m not even sure how limited slips are supposed to work. I’ve heard there is a spring that activates something and have heard there is something like “hockey” pucks that tell one side that the other side slipping and puts on more pressure.
To see if my limited slip is even working should I find a level dirt place and floor it to see if both tires are kicking in? Or maybe where I’m getting stuck at is so steep (both up and down and side to side) a limited slip won’t make any difference anyways?
By know you can probably tell I don’t know much about rear ends.
Please help!
What would you do?
Anybody else have problems with theirs and how did you solve it.
(just edited...2 wheel drive, plenty of tread on new tires and diff oil was changed about 5,000 miles ago)
I get stuck pulling the wife’s TT to the street from side yard and I don’t get stuck in the same spot in our short Class C Majestic with a Ford. The Dodge has a “dana” stamped on diff cover. Don’t know what diff the class C has. The class C also has to more rear wheels in contact with ground if that matters. I get stuck maneuvering the TT out of its parking spot. The parking spot is level, but getting to it is not. Side to side and on a slope going up and down. When hooked up to TT, where I get stuck the left side is 38 ½ inches ground to bottom of wheel well and right side is 37 ¼ inches. To me, where I’m getting stuck shouldn’t be that big of deal. Tongue weight around 1,100. I did not get stuck in the same place with our older 9,000 pound 5th wheel.
I called a rear end shop that was recommended to me twice by different people and talked with them. The rear end shop recommended having them look at it and do a service of the rear end and if anything is wrong probably around $900-1,200 to re-build the diff. (And something must be wrong or I would be getting stuck).
I’m a getting set up for a killing? After they fix it I have spent $1,200 and would still have a limited slip. I was thinking about some type of locker rear end would serve me better and skip the $1,200 on a limited slip.
I’m not even sure how limited slips are supposed to work. I’ve heard there is a spring that activates something and have heard there is something like “hockey” pucks that tell one side that the other side slipping and puts on more pressure.
To see if my limited slip is even working should I find a level dirt place and floor it to see if both tires are kicking in? Or maybe where I’m getting stuck at is so steep (both up and down and side to side) a limited slip won’t make any difference anyways?
By know you can probably tell I don’t know much about rear ends.
Please help!
What would you do?
Anybody else have problems with theirs and how did you solve it.
(just edited...2 wheel drive, plenty of tread on new tires and diff oil was changed about 5,000 miles ago)
