LSD in the front?

[88trailblazer]

This might be a stupid question, but can a limited slip from a rear 10-bolt fit a front 10-bolt? I want the added traction of a locker, but i also don't want to bust axles. I run 35x12.50's in the mud, trails and ocasional small rock pile.

I always see rear 10-bolt LSD's on ebay for cheap. If they work on the front is there anything i should stay away from?

 

[eclipse]

i could be wrong, but I think 10 front and 10 rear parts don't interchange

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

10 bolt carriers are the same front/rear. The only thing to watch out for is the early 10 bolts are 28 spline and the later ones are 30 spline.

 

[pauly383]

Nope center guts will fit . Use the bearings for your particular carrier , they can be had in 28 or 30 spline . The axle ends are obviously different due to the hubs and rotors , and the cover is different due to the u-bolts on one corner . All else in the center is the same .

I wouldn't really want to run a LSD in a front personally , it can grab suddenly when you are on it , and break stuff .

 

[88trailblazer]

Nope center guts will fit . Use the bearings for your particular carrier , they can be had in 28 or 30 spline . The axle ends are obviously different due to the hubs and rotors , and the cover is different due to the u-bolts on one corner . All else in the center is the same .

I wouldn't really want to run a LSD in a front personally , it can grab suddenly when you are on it , and break stuff .

I'm pretty sure that i have a 28 spline, but i'll have to verify before buying anything.

So would i be saving axles by going with a lunch box locker? I understand that there wont be the sudden shock that comes with a LSD suddenly catching, but aren't the clutches in a LSD suppossed to slip before breaking an axle?

 

[pauly383]

Hard to really say whther you will break an axle with anything . I prefer a locker , and I run one . A limited slip will slip , but it can also all of a sudden grab .

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Hard to really say whther you will break an axle with anything . I prefer a locker , and I run one . A limited slip will slip , but it can also all of a sudden grab .

I've never seen a LS suddenly grab

Unless you are thinking of a gov-lok

A locker will be harder on parts than a LS.

 

[pauly383]

Sorry , I am always thinking rocks . He is in Florida , and has a pretty truck , LSD will be fine for mud

 

[88trailblazer]

Sorry , I am always thinking rocks . He is in Florida , and has a pretty truck , LSD will be fine for mud

Who you calling pretty. Yeah here it's mostly mud and roots. The only rocks we crawl will be construction sites and the occasional man made rock crawling pit.